diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 535a5ce8e2..cbc2b35013 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ CNode* CConnman::ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest, bool fCo
                              pszDest ? pszDest : "",
                              conn_type,
                              /*inbound_onion=*/false,
-                             std::move(i2p_transient_session));
+                             CNodeOptions{ .i2p_sam_session = std::move(i2p_transient_session) });
     pnode->AddRef();
 
     // We're making a new connection, harvest entropy from the time (and our peer count)
@@ -2722,7 +2722,7 @@ CNode::CNode(NodeId idIn,
              const std::string& addrNameIn,
              ConnectionType conn_type_in,
              bool inbound_onion,
-             std::unique_ptr<i2p::sam::Session>&& i2p_sam_session)
+             CNodeOptions&& node_opts)
     : m_deserializer{std::make_unique<V1TransportDeserializer>(V1TransportDeserializer(Params(), idIn, SER_NETWORK, INIT_PROTO_VERSION))},
       m_serializer{std::make_unique<V1TransportSerializer>(V1TransportSerializer())},
       m_sock{sock},
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ CNode::CNode(NodeId idIn,
       id{idIn},
       nLocalHostNonce{nLocalHostNonceIn},
       m_conn_type{conn_type_in},
-      m_i2p_sam_session{std::move(i2p_sam_session)}
+      m_i2p_sam_session{std::move(node_opts.i2p_sam_session)}
 {
     if (inbound_onion) assert(conn_type_in == ConnectionType::INBOUND);
 
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index abdfef85f8..0167078aa2 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ public:
     void prepareForTransport(CSerializedNetMsg& msg, std::vector<unsigned char>& header) const override;
 };
 
+struct CNodeOptions
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<i2p::sam::Session> i2p_sam_session = nullptr;
+};
+
 /** Information about a peer */
 class CNode
 {
@@ -522,7 +527,7 @@ public:
           const std::string& addrNameIn,
           ConnectionType conn_type_in,
           bool inbound_onion,
-          std::unique_ptr<i2p::sam::Session>&& i2p_sam_session = nullptr);
+          CNodeOptions&& node_opts = {});
     CNode(const CNode&) = delete;
     CNode& operator=(const CNode&) = delete;