diff --git a/src/plugins/input/parser/parser.cpp b/src/plugins/input/parser/parser.cpp
index fcd117ea5..74cc0c476 100644
--- a/src/plugins/input/parser/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/input/parser/parser.cpp
@@ -682,6 +682,8 @@ void parse_packet(
 		return;
 	}
 	Packet* pkt = &opt->pblock->pkts[opt->pblock->cnt];
+	// reset all packet data
+	*pkt = Packet();
 	uint16_t data_offset = 0;
 
 	DEBUG_MSG("---------- packet parser  #%u -------------\n", ++s_total_pkts);
@@ -693,18 +695,6 @@ void parse_packet(
 
 	pkt->packet_len_wire = len;
 	pkt->ts = ts;
-	pkt->src_port = 0;
-	pkt->dst_port = 0;
-	pkt->ip_proto = 0;
-	pkt->ip_ttl = 0;
-	pkt->ip_flags = 0;
-	pkt->ip_version = 0;
-	pkt->ip_payload_len = 0;
-	pkt->tcp_flags = 0;
-	pkt->tcp_window = 0;
-	pkt->tcp_options = 0;
-	pkt->tcp_mss = 0;
-	pkt->mplsTop = 0;
 
 	stats.seen_packets++;
 
@@ -758,12 +748,14 @@ void parse_packet(
 		}
 
 		l4_hdr_offset = data_offset;
-		if (pkt->ip_proto == IPPROTO_TCP) {
-			data_offset += parse_tcp_hdr(data + data_offset, caplen - data_offset, pkt, stats);
-			stats.tcp_packets++;
-		} else if (pkt->ip_proto == IPPROTO_UDP) {
-			data_offset += parse_udp_hdr(data + data_offset, caplen - data_offset, pkt, stats);
-			stats.udp_packets++;
+		if (pkt->frag_off == 0) {
+			if (pkt->ip_proto == IPPROTO_TCP) {
+				data_offset += parse_tcp_hdr(data + data_offset, caplen - data_offset, pkt, stats);
+				stats.tcp_packets++;
+			} else if (pkt->ip_proto == IPPROTO_UDP) {
+				data_offset += parse_udp_hdr(data + data_offset, caplen - data_offset, pkt, stats);
+				stats.udp_packets++;
+			}
 		}
 	} catch (const char* err) {
 		DEBUG_MSG("%s\n", err);
diff --git a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.cpp b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.cpp
index bda8bb4ac..0fe470c48 100644
--- a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.cpp
@@ -321,11 +321,15 @@ void NHTFlowCache::flush(Packet& pkt, size_t flow_index, int ret, bool source_fl
 
 int NHTFlowCache::put_pkt(Packet& pkt)
 {
-	int ret = plugins_pre_create(pkt);
-
 	if (m_enable_fragmentation_cache) {
 		try_to_fill_ports_to_fragmented_packet(pkt);
 	}
+	return put_pkt_recursive(pkt);
+}
+
+int NHTFlowCache::put_pkt_recursive(Packet& pkt)
+{
+	int ret = plugins_pre_create(pkt);
 
 	if (!create_hash_key(pkt)) { // saves key value and key length into attributes NHTFlowCache::key
 								 // and NHTFlowCache::m_keylen
@@ -429,7 +433,7 @@ int NHTFlowCache::put_pkt(Packet& pkt)
 		// Flows with FIN or RST TCP flags are exported when new SYN packet arrives
 		m_flow_table[flow_index]->m_flow.end_reason = FLOW_END_EOF;
 		export_flow(flow_index);
-		put_pkt(pkt);
+		put_pkt_recursive(pkt);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -453,7 +457,7 @@ int NHTFlowCache::put_pkt(Packet& pkt)
 #ifdef FLOW_CACHE_STATS
 			m_expired++;
 #endif /* FLOW_CACHE_STATS */
-			return put_pkt(pkt);
+			return put_pkt_recursive(pkt);
 		}
 
 		/* Check if flow record is expired (active timeout). */
@@ -464,7 +468,7 @@ int NHTFlowCache::put_pkt(Packet& pkt)
 #ifdef FLOW_CACHE_STATS
 			m_expired++;
 #endif /* FLOW_CACHE_STATS */
-			return put_pkt(pkt);
+			return put_pkt_recursive(pkt);
 		}
 
 		ret = plugins_pre_update(flow->m_flow, pkt);
diff --git a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.hpp b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.hpp
index 704d6e402..8f0f5db30 100644
--- a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/cache.hpp
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ class NHTFlowCache
 	FlowEndReasonStats m_flow_end_reason_stats = {};
 	FlowRecordStats m_flow_record_stats = {};
 
+	int put_pkt_recursive(Packet& pkt);
 	void try_to_fill_ports_to_fragmented_packet(Packet& packet);
 	void flush(Packet& pkt, size_t flow_index, int ret, bool source_flow);
 	bool create_hash_key(Packet& pkt);
diff --git a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.cpp b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.cpp
index ea79dc570..000799f24 100644
--- a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void FragmentationCache::fill_missing_packet_data(
 {
 	if (!is_fragmentation_data_timedouted(packet, fragmentation_data)) {
 		fill_ports_to_packet(packet, fragmentation_data);
+	} else {
+		m_stats.timeouted_fragments++;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ telemetry::Content FragmentationCache::get_cache_telemetry()
 	dict["fragmentedTraffic"] = telemetry::ScalarWithUnit {trafficPercentage, "%"};
 	dict["fragmentedPackets"] = m_stats.fragmented_packets;
 	dict["notFoundFragments"] = m_stats.not_found_fragments;
+	dict["timeoutedFragments"] = m_stats.timeouted_fragments;
 
 	return dict;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.hpp b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.hpp
index bb1633616..d8f2fa4b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/storage/cache/src/fragmentationCache/fragmentationCache.hpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class FragmentationCache : TelemetryUtils {
 		uint64_t first_fragments;
 		uint64_t fragmented_packets;
 		uint64_t not_found_fragments;
+		uint64_t timeouted_fragments;
 		uint64_t total_packets;
 	};