diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index f602e89b29a..14010f52e8d 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static bool HTTPReq_JSONRPC(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string &)
         req->WriteHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
         req->WriteReply(HTTP_OK, strReply);
 
-        if (DEFAULT_RPC_STATS) statsRPC.add(jreq.strMethod, GetTimeMillis() - time, strReply.length());
+        if (statsRPC.active) statsRPC.add(jreq.strMethod, GetTimeMillis() - time, strReply.length());
 
     } catch (const UniValue& objError) {
         JSONErrorReply(req, objError, jreq.id);
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ bool StartHTTPRPC()
     assert(eventBase);
     httpRPCTimerInterface = std::make_unique<HTTPRPCTimerInterface>(eventBase);
     RPCSetTimerInterface(httpRPCTimerInterface.get());
-    if (DEFAULT_RPC_STATS) statsRPC.load();
+    if (statsRPC.active) statsRPC.load();
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void StopHTTPRPC()
         RPCUnsetTimerInterface(httpRPCTimerInterface.get());
         httpRPCTimerInterface.reset();
     }
-    if (DEFAULT_RPC_STATS) statsRPC.save();
+    if (statsRPC.active) statsRPC.save();
 }
 
 CRPCStats statsRPC;
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 2d73a41b079..32a5df98b35 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs()
     gArgs.AddArg("-rpcworkqueue=<n>", strprintf("Set the depth of the work queue to service RPC calls (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     gArgs.AddArg("-server", "Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     gArgs.AddArg("-rpcallowcors=<host>", "Allow CORS requests from the given host origin. Include scheme and port (eg: -rpcallowcors=http://127.0.0.1:5000)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-rpcstats", strprintf("Log RPC stats. (default: %u)", false), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-rpcstats", strprintf("Log RPC stats. (default: %u)", DEFAULT_RPC_STATS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
 
 #if HAVE_DECL_DAEMON
     gArgs.AddArg("-daemon", "Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(InitInterfaces& interfaces)
         });
     }
 
-    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-rpcstats", DEFAULT_RPC_STATS)) DEFAULT_RPC_STATS = true;
+    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-rpcstats", DEFAULT_RPC_STATS)) statsRPC.active = true;
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/stats.cpp b/src/rpc/stats.cpp
index 9a49a2c8b88..a3b25226658 100644
--- a/src/rpc/stats.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/stats.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static UniValue getrpcstats(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         },
     }.Check(request);
 
-    if (!DEFAULT_RPC_STATS) {
+    if (!statsRPC.active) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_REQUEST, "Rpcstats flag is not set. Activate it by restarting node with -rpcstats.");
     }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static UniValue listrpcstats(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         },
     }.Check(request);
 
-    if (!DEFAULT_RPC_STATS) {
+    if (!statsRPC.active) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_REQUEST, "Rpcstats flag is not set. Activate it by restarting node with -rpcstats.");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/stats.h b/src/rpc/stats.h
index e0ea0b6714e..86d6d3daf50 100644
--- a/src/rpc/stats.h
+++ b/src/rpc/stats.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 const char * const DEFAULT_STATSFILE = "stats.log";
 static const uint8_t RPC_STATS_HISTORY_SIZE = 5;
-bool DEFAULT_RPC_STATS = false;
+const bool DEFAULT_RPC_STATS = false;
 
 struct MinMaxStatEntry {
     int64_t min;
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class CRPCStats
 private:
     std::map<std::string, RPCStats> map;
 public:
+    bool active{DEFAULT_RPC_STATS};
+
     void add(const std::string& name, const int64_t latency, const int64_t payload);
 
     std::optional<RPCStats> get(const std::string& name) {