diff --git a/electrum/lnworker.py b/electrum/lnworker.py
index 8a0582530..bcb27d765 100644
--- a/electrum/lnworker.py
+++ b/electrum/lnworker.py
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ class LNWorker(Logger, EventListener, NetworkRetryManager[LNPeerAddr]):
         self.listen_server = None  # type: Optional[asyncio.AbstractServer]
         self.features = features
         self.network = None  # type: Optional[Network]
-        self.config = None  # type: Optional[SimpleConfig]
         self.stopping_soon = False  # whether we are being shut down
         self._labels_cache = {} # txid -> str
         self.register_callbacks()
@@ -373,7 +372,6 @@ class LNWorker(Logger, EventListener, NetworkRetryManager[LNPeerAddr]):
         assert network
         assert self.network is None, "already started"
         self.network = network
-        self.config = network.config
         self._add_peers_from_config()
         asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self.main_loop(), self.network.asyncio_loop)
 
@@ -557,7 +555,8 @@ class LNGossip(LNWorker):
     max_age = 14*24*3600
     LOGGING_SHORTCUT = 'g'
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        self.config = config
         seed = os.urandom(32)
         node = BIP32Node.from_rootseed(seed, xtype='standard')
         xprv = node.to_xprv()
diff --git a/electrum/network.py b/electrum/network.py
index 3429414df..cc7e49feb 100644
--- a/electrum/network.py
+++ b/electrum/network.py
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class Network(Logger, NetworkRetryManager[ServerAddr]):
             self.channel_db = channel_db.ChannelDB(self)
             self.path_finder = lnrouter.LNPathFinder(self.channel_db)
             self.channel_db.load_data()
-            self.lngossip = lnworker.LNGossip()
+            self.lngossip = lnworker.LNGossip(self.config)
             self.lngossip.start_network(self)
 
     async def stop_gossip(self, *, full_shutdown: bool = False):