diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index ec5400c3d8e..d65b066dbdb 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ void PeerManager::FinalizeNode(const CNode& node, bool& fUpdateConnectionTime) {
     LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "Cleared nodestate for peer=%d\n", nodeid);
 }
 
-bool GetNodeStateStats(NodeId nodeid, CNodeStateStats &stats) {
+bool PeerManager::GetNodeStateStats(NodeId nodeid, CNodeStateStats &stats) {
     {
         LOCK(cs_main);
         CNodeState* state = State(nodeid);
diff --git a/src/net_processing.h b/src/net_processing.h
index 87eee566deb..8f4ba4c0bbc 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.h
+++ b/src/net_processing.h
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ static const bool DEFAULT_PEERBLOCKFILTERS = false;
 /** Threshold for marking a node to be discouraged, e.g. disconnected and added to the discouragement filter. */
 static const int DISCOURAGEMENT_THRESHOLD{100};
 
+struct CNodeStateStats {
+    int m_misbehavior_score = 0;
+    int nSyncHeight = -1;
+    int nCommonHeight = -1;
+    std::vector<int> vHeightInFlight;
+};
+
 class PeerManager final : public CValidationInterface, public NetEventsInterface {
 public:
     PeerManager(const CChainParams& chainparams, CConnman& connman, BanMan* banman,
@@ -94,6 +101,9 @@ public:
      */
     void Misbehaving(const NodeId pnode, const int howmuch, const std::string& message);
 
+    /** Get statistics from node state */
+    bool GetNodeStateStats(NodeId nodeid, CNodeStateStats& stats);
+
 private:
     /**
      * Potentially mark a node discouraged based on the contents of a BlockValidationState object
@@ -145,16 +155,6 @@ private:
     int64_t m_stale_tip_check_time; //!< Next time to check for stale tip
 };
 
-struct CNodeStateStats {
-    int m_misbehavior_score = 0;
-    int nSyncHeight = -1;
-    int nCommonHeight = -1;
-    std::vector<int> vHeightInFlight;
-};
-
-/** Get statistics from node state */
-bool GetNodeStateStats(NodeId nodeid, CNodeStateStats &stats);
-
 /** Relay transaction to every node */
 void RelayTransaction(const uint256& txid, const uint256& wtxid, const CConnman& connman) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
 
diff --git a/src/node/interfaces.cpp b/src/node/interfaces.cpp
index a8c8be05fb0..3c315c0a536 100644
--- a/src/node/interfaces.cpp
+++ b/src/node/interfaces.cpp
@@ -121,11 +121,13 @@ public:
             }
 
             // Try to retrieve the CNodeStateStats for each node.
-            TRY_LOCK(::cs_main, lockMain);
-            if (lockMain) {
-                for (auto& node_stats : stats) {
-                    std::get<1>(node_stats) =
-                        GetNodeStateStats(std::get<0>(node_stats).nodeid, std::get<2>(node_stats));
+            if (m_context->peerman) {
+                TRY_LOCK(::cs_main, lockMain);
+                if (lockMain) {
+                    for (auto& node_stats : stats) {
+                        std::get<1>(node_stats) =
+                            m_context->peerman->GetNodeStateStats(std::get<0>(node_stats).nodeid, std::get<2>(node_stats));
+                    }
                 }
             }
             return true;
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index e72ef24d120..fa71ea11816 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
     NodeContext& node = EnsureNodeContext(request.context);
-    if(!node.connman)
+    if(!node.connman || !node.peerman) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_P2P_DISABLED, "Error: Peer-to-peer functionality missing or disabled");
+    }
 
     std::vector<CNodeStats> vstats;
     node.connman->GetNodeStats(vstats);
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
     for (const CNodeStats& stats : vstats) {
         UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
         CNodeStateStats statestats;
-        bool fStateStats = GetNodeStateStats(stats.nodeid, statestats);
+        bool fStateStats = node.peerman->GetNodeStateStats(stats.nodeid, statestats);
         obj.pushKV("id", stats.nodeid);
         obj.pushKV("addr", stats.addrName);
         if (stats.addrBind.IsValid()) {