1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index 46cd890f30..38f6e79643 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -244,8 +244,9 @@ bool StartHTTPRPC()
     // ifdef can be removed once we switch to better endpoint support and API versioning
     RegisterHTTPHandler("/wallet/", false, HTTPReq_JSONRPC);
 #endif
-    assert(EventBase());
-    httpRPCTimerInterface = MakeUnique<HTTPRPCTimerInterface>(EventBase());
+    struct event_base* eventBase = EventBase();
+    assert(eventBase);
+    httpRPCTimerInterface = MakeUnique<HTTPRPCTimerInterface>(eventBase);
     RPCSetTimerInterface(httpRPCTimerInterface.get());
     return true;
 }