diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 4298494916..05466248b1 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -672,30 +672,6 @@ static void StartupNotify(const ArgsManager& args)
 }
 #endif
 
-/** Sanity checks
- *  Ensure that Bitcoin is running in a usable environment with all
- *  necessary library support.
- */
-static bool InitSanityCheck()
-{
-    if (!ECC_InitSanityCheck()) {
-        return InitError(Untranslated("Elliptic curve cryptography sanity check failure. Aborting."));
-    }
-
-    if (!glibcxx_sanity_test())
-        return false;
-
-    if (!Random_SanityCheck()) {
-        return InitError(Untranslated("OS cryptographic RNG sanity check failure. Aborting."));
-    }
-
-    if (!ChronoSanityCheck()) {
-        return InitError(Untranslated("Clock epoch mismatch. Aborting."));
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 static bool AppInitServers(NodeContext& node)
 {
     const ArgsManager& args = *Assert(node.args);
@@ -1147,9 +1123,9 @@ bool AppInitSanityChecks()
 
     init::SetGlobals();
 
-    // Sanity check
-    if (!InitSanityCheck())
+    if (!init::SanityChecks()) {
         return InitError(strprintf(_("Initialization sanity check failed. %s is shutting down."), PACKAGE_NAME));
+    }
 
     // Probe the data directory lock to give an early error message, if possible
     // We cannot hold the data directory lock here, as the forking for daemon() hasn't yet happened,
diff --git a/src/init/common.cpp b/src/init/common.cpp
index cb24708031..54c3fe3a2e 100644
--- a/src/init/common.cpp
+++ b/src/init/common.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
+#include <compat/sanity.h>
 #include <crypto/sha256.h>
 #include <key.h>
 #include <logging.h>
+#include <node/ui_interface.h>
 #include <pubkey.h>
 #include <random.h>
+#include <util/time.h>
+#include <util/translation.h>
 
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -27,4 +31,24 @@ void UnsetGlobals()
     globalVerifyHandle.reset();
     ECC_Stop();
 }
+
+bool SanityChecks()
+{
+    if (!ECC_InitSanityCheck()) {
+        return InitError(Untranslated("Elliptic curve cryptography sanity check failure. Aborting."));
+    }
+
+    if (!glibcxx_sanity_test())
+        return false;
+
+    if (!Random_SanityCheck()) {
+        return InitError(Untranslated("OS cryptographic RNG sanity check failure. Aborting."));
+    }
+
+    if (!ChronoSanityCheck()) {
+        return InitError(Untranslated("Clock epoch mismatch. Aborting."));
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
 } // namespace init
diff --git a/src/init/common.h b/src/init/common.h
index b201232bfc..64a3637370 100644
--- a/src/init/common.h
+++ b/src/init/common.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 namespace init {
 void SetGlobals();
 void UnsetGlobals();
+/**
+ *  Ensure a usable environment with all
+ *  necessary library support.
+ */
+bool SanityChecks();
 } // namespace init
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_INIT_COMMON_H