diff --git a/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc b/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
index 4a3e712399..47f9fddf24 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
@@ -507,12 +507,12 @@ static void analyze_scripts_for_ZAM(std::shared_ptr<ProfileFuncs> pfs) {
 
         if ( ! analysis_options.compile_all && ! is_lambda && inl && inl->WasFullyInlined(func.get()) &&
              func_used_indirectly.count(func.get()) == 0 ) {
-            // No need to compile as it won't be called directly.
-            // We'd like to zero out the body to recover the
-            // memory, but a *few* such functions do get called,
-            // such as by the event engine reaching up, or
-            // BiFs looking for them, so we can't safely zero
-            // them.
+            // No need to compile as it won't be called directly.  We'd
+            // like to zero out the body to recover the memory, but a *few*
+            // such functions do get called, such as by the event engine
+            // reaching up, or BiFs looking for them, so we can't safely
+            // zero them.
+            f.SetSkip(true);
             continue;
         }