diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -2360,12 +2360,14 @@
                     break;
                 }
 
+                const Consensus::Params &params = chainparams.GetConsensus();
+
                 // LoadBlockIndex will load fHavePruned if we've ever removed a
                 // block file from disk.
                 // Note that it also sets fReindex based on the disk flag!
                 // From here on out fReindex and fReset mean something
                 // different!
-                if (!LoadBlockIndex(config)) {
+                if (!LoadBlockIndex(params)) {
                     strLoadError = _("Error loading block database").translated;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -2374,8 +2376,7 @@
                 // (we're likely using a testnet datadir, or the other way
                 // around).
                 if (!mapBlockIndex.empty() &&
-                    !LookupBlockIndex(
-                        chainparams.GetConsensus().hashGenesisBlock)) {
+                    !LookupBlockIndex(params.hashGenesisBlock)) {
                     return InitError(_("Incorrect or no genesis block found. "
                                        "Wrong datadir for network?")
                                          .translated);
@@ -2424,8 +2425,7 @@
 
                 // ReplayBlocks is a no-op if we cleared the coinsviewdb with
                 // -reindex or -reindex-chainstate
-                if (!ReplayBlocks(chainparams.GetConsensus(),
-                                  pcoinsdbview.get())) {
+                if (!ReplayBlocks(params, pcoinsdbview.get())) {
                     strLoadError =
                         _("Unable to replay blocks. You will need to rebuild "
                           "the database using -reindex-chainstate.")
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@
  * Load the block tree and coins database from disk, initializing state if we're
  * running with -reindex.
  */
-bool LoadBlockIndex(const Config &config) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
+bool LoadBlockIndex(const Consensus::Params &params)
+    EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
 
 /**
  * Update the chain tip based on database information.
@@ -763,7 +764,8 @@
     CBlockIndex *pindexBestParked = nullptr;
     CBlockIndex const *pindexFinalized = nullptr;
 
-    bool LoadBlockIndex(const Config &config, CBlockTreeDB &blocktree)
+    bool LoadBlockIndex(const Consensus::Params &params,
+                        CBlockTreeDB &blocktree)
         EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4356,14 +4356,12 @@
     return pindexNew;
 }
 
-bool CChainState::LoadBlockIndex(const Config &config,
+bool CChainState::LoadBlockIndex(const Consensus::Params &params,
                                  CBlockTreeDB &blocktree) {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
     if (!blocktree.LoadBlockIndexGuts(
-            config.GetChainParams().GetConsensus(),
-            [this](const BlockHash &hash) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main) {
-                return this->InsertBlockIndex(hash);
-            })) {
+            params, [this](const BlockHash &hash) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(
+                        cs_main) { return this->InsertBlockIndex(hash); })) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -4436,9 +4434,9 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-static bool LoadBlockIndexDB(const Config &config)
+static bool LoadBlockIndexDB(const Consensus::Params &params)
     EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main) {
-    if (!::ChainstateActive().LoadBlockIndex(config, *pblocktree)) {
+    if (!::ChainstateActive().LoadBlockIndex(params, *pblocktree)) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -4876,11 +4874,11 @@
     ::ChainstateActive().UnloadBlockIndex();
 }
 
-bool LoadBlockIndex(const Config &config) {
+bool LoadBlockIndex(const Consensus::Params &params) {
     // Load block index from databases
     bool needs_init = fReindex;
     if (!fReindex) {
-        bool ret = LoadBlockIndexDB(config);
+        bool ret = LoadBlockIndexDB(params);
         if (!ret) {
             return false;
         }