diff --git a/lightningd/jsonrpc.c b/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
index 8081393cb..72df06d88 100644
--- a/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
+++ b/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
@@ -803,20 +803,19 @@ bool jsonrpc_command_add(struct jsonrpc *rpc, struct json_command *command)
 	return true;
 }
 
-struct jsonrpc *jsonrpc_new(const tal_t *ctx, struct lightningd *ld)
+void jsonrpc_setup(struct lightningd *ld)
 {
-	struct jsonrpc *jsonrpc = tal(ctx, struct jsonrpc);
 	struct json_command **commands = get_cmdlist();
 
-	jsonrpc->commands = tal_arr(jsonrpc, struct json_command *, 0);
-	jsonrpc->log = new_log(jsonrpc, ld->log_book, "jsonrpc");
+	ld->jsonrpc = tal(ld, struct jsonrpc);
+	ld->jsonrpc->commands = tal_arr(ld->jsonrpc, struct json_command *, 0);
+	ld->jsonrpc->log = new_log(ld->jsonrpc, ld->log_book, "jsonrpc");
 	for (size_t i=0; i<num_cmdlist; i++) {
-		if (!jsonrpc_command_add_perm(jsonrpc, commands[i]))
+		if (!jsonrpc_command_add_perm(ld->jsonrpc, commands[i]))
 			fatal("Cannot add duplicate command %s",
 			      commands[i]->name);
 	}
-	jsonrpc->rpc_listener = NULL;
-	return jsonrpc;
+	ld->jsonrpc->rpc_listener = NULL;
 }
 
 bool command_usage_only(const struct command *cmd)
diff --git a/lightningd/jsonrpc.h b/lightningd/jsonrpc.h
index f296fe75c..28141baac 100644
--- a/lightningd/jsonrpc.h
+++ b/lightningd/jsonrpc.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <lightningd/json_stream.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+struct jsonrpc;
+
 /* The command mode tells param() how to process. */
 enum command_mode {
 	/* Normal command processing */
@@ -152,8 +154,10 @@ struct command_result *command_its_complicated(const char *why);
  * This doesn't setup the listener yet, see `jsonrpc_listen` for
  * that. This just creates the container for all jsonrpc-related
  * information so we can start gathering it before actually starting.
+ *
+ * It initializes ld->jsonrpc.
  */
-struct jsonrpc *jsonrpc_new(const tal_t *ctx, struct lightningd *ld);
+void jsonrpc_setup(struct lightningd *ld);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/lightningd/lightningd.c b/lightningd/lightningd.c
index 37f38aff1..78e4ee73e 100644
--- a/lightningd/lightningd.c
+++ b/lightningd/lightningd.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static struct lightningd *new_lightningd(const tal_t *ctx)
 	 *  lightningd needs to have something to put those in. This
 	 *  is that :-)
 	 */
-	ld->jsonrpc = jsonrpc_new(ld, ld);
+	jsonrpc_setup(ld);
 
 	/*~ We run a number of plugins (subprocesses that we talk JSON-RPC with)
 	 *alongside this process. This allows us to have an easy way for users
diff --git a/lightningd/test/run-find_my_abspath.c b/lightningd/test/run-find_my_abspath.c
index 47c5e7ed4..7310a8041 100644
--- a/lightningd/test/run-find_my_abspath.c
+++ b/lightningd/test/run-find_my_abspath.c
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ void htlcs_notify_new_block(struct lightningd *ld UNNEEDED, u32 height UNNEEDED)
 /* Generated stub for jsonrpc_listen */
 void jsonrpc_listen(struct jsonrpc *rpc UNNEEDED, struct lightningd *ld UNNEEDED)
 { fprintf(stderr, "jsonrpc_listen called!\n"); abort(); }
-/* Generated stub for jsonrpc_new */
-struct jsonrpc *jsonrpc_new(const tal_t *ctx UNNEEDED, struct lightningd *ld UNNEEDED)
-{ fprintf(stderr, "jsonrpc_new called!\n"); abort(); }
+/* Generated stub for jsonrpc_setup */
+void jsonrpc_setup(struct lightningd *ld UNNEEDED)
+{ fprintf(stderr, "jsonrpc_setup called!\n"); abort(); }
 /* Generated stub for load_channels_from_wallet */
 void load_channels_from_wallet(struct lightningd *ld UNNEEDED)
 { fprintf(stderr, "load_channels_from_wallet called!\n"); abort(); }