3 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 6e5a271945..31960664e3 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ void CConnman::AddWhitelistPermissionFlags(NetPermissionFlags& flags, const CNet
     }
 }
 
-std::string CNode::ConnectionTypeAsString() const
+std::string ConnectionTypeAsString(ConnectionType conn_type)
 {
-    switch (m_conn_type) {
+    switch (conn_type) {
     case ConnectionType::INBOUND:
         return "inbound";
     case ConnectionType::MANUAL:
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ void CNode::copyStats(CNodeStats &stats, const std::vector<bool> &m_asmap)
     CService addrLocalUnlocked = GetAddrLocal();
     stats.addrLocal = addrLocalUnlocked.IsValid() ? addrLocalUnlocked.ToString() : "";
 
-    stats.m_conn_type_string = ConnectionTypeAsString();
+    X(m_conn_type);
 }
 #undef X
 
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 6c167954df..0fe9b75790 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ enum class ConnectionType {
     ADDR_FETCH,
 };
 
+/** Convert ConnectionType enum to a string value */
+std::string ConnectionTypeAsString(ConnectionType conn_type);
 void Discover();
 uint16_t GetListenPort();
 
@@ -264,11 +266,10 @@ public:
     // Network the peer connected through
     Network m_network;
     uint32_t m_mapped_as;
-    std::string m_conn_type_string;
+    ConnectionType m_conn_type;
 };
 
 
-
 /** Transport protocol agnostic message container.
  * Ideally it should only contain receive time, payload,
  * command and size.
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ public:
     //! Sets the addrName only if it was not previously set
     void MaybeSetAddrName(const std::string& addrNameIn);
 
-    std::string ConnectionTypeAsString() const;
+    std::string ConnectionTypeAsString() const { return ::ConnectionTypeAsString(m_conn_type); }
 
     /** Whether this peer is an inbound onion, e.g. connected via our Tor onion service. */
     bool IsInboundOnion() const { return m_inbound_onion; }
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 89ddfb35cb..ddbd7e9142 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
                 recvPerMsgCmd.pushKV(i.first, i.second);
         }
         obj.pushKV("bytesrecv_per_msg", recvPerMsgCmd);
-        obj.pushKV("connection_type", stats.m_conn_type_string);
+        obj.pushKV("connection_type", ConnectionTypeAsString(stats.m_conn_type));
 
         ret.push_back(obj);
     }