diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 6a1cd7f022..0f5f18aada 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ private:
      *
      * Memory used: 1.3 MB
      */
-    std::unique_ptr<CRollingBloomFilter> recentRejects GUARDED_BY(cs_main);
+    CRollingBloomFilter recentRejects GUARDED_BY(::cs_main){120'000, 0.000'001};
     uint256 hashRecentRejectsChainTip GUARDED_BY(cs_main);
 
     /*
@@ -1396,9 +1396,6 @@ PeerManagerImpl::PeerManagerImpl(const CChainParams& chainparams, CConnman& conn
       m_mempool(pool),
       m_ignore_incoming_txs(ignore_incoming_txs)
 {
-    // Initialize global variables that cannot be constructed at startup.
-    recentRejects.reset(new CRollingBloomFilter(120000, 0.000001));
-
     // Blocks don't typically have more than 4000 transactions, so this should
     // be at least six blocks (~1 hr) worth of transactions that we can store,
     // inserting both a txid and wtxid for every observed transaction.
@@ -1601,14 +1598,13 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::BlockChecked(const CBlock& block, const BlockValidationSta
 
 bool PeerManagerImpl::AlreadyHaveTx(const GenTxid& gtxid)
 {
-    assert(recentRejects);
     if (m_chainman.ActiveChain().Tip()->GetBlockHash() != hashRecentRejectsChainTip) {
         // If the chain tip has changed previously rejected transactions
         // might be now valid, e.g. due to a nLockTime'd tx becoming valid,
         // or a double-spend. Reset the rejects filter and give those
         // txs a second chance.
         hashRecentRejectsChainTip = m_chainman.ActiveChain().Tip()->GetBlockHash();
-        recentRejects->reset();
+        recentRejects.reset();
     }
 
     const uint256& hash = gtxid.GetHash();
@@ -1620,7 +1616,7 @@ bool PeerManagerImpl::AlreadyHaveTx(const GenTxid& gtxid)
         if (m_recent_confirmed_transactions->contains(hash)) return true;
     }
 
-    return recentRejects->contains(hash) || m_mempool.exists(gtxid);
+    return recentRejects.contains(hash) || m_mempool.exists(gtxid);
 }
 
 bool PeerManagerImpl::AlreadyHaveBlock(const uint256& block_hash)
@@ -2239,8 +2235,7 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessOrphanTx(std::set<uint256>& orphan_work_set)
                 // See also comments in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18044#discussion_r443419034
                 // for concerns around weakening security of unupgraded nodes
                 // if we start doing this too early.
-                assert(recentRejects);
-                recentRejects->insert(porphanTx->GetWitnessHash());
+                recentRejects.insert(porphanTx->GetWitnessHash());
                 // If the transaction failed for TX_INPUTS_NOT_STANDARD,
                 // then we know that the witness was irrelevant to the policy
                 // failure, since this check depends only on the txid
@@ -2252,7 +2247,7 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessOrphanTx(std::set<uint256>& orphan_work_set)
                 if (state.GetResult() == TxValidationResult::TX_INPUTS_NOT_STANDARD && porphanTx->GetWitnessHash() != porphanTx->GetHash()) {
                     // We only add the txid if it differs from the wtxid, to
                     // avoid wasting entries in the rolling bloom filter.
-                    recentRejects->insert(porphanTx->GetHash());
+                    recentRejects.insert(porphanTx->GetHash());
                 }
             }
             m_orphanage.EraseTx(orphanHash);
@@ -3255,7 +3250,7 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessMessage(CNode& pfrom, const std::string& msg_type,
             std::sort(unique_parents.begin(), unique_parents.end());
             unique_parents.erase(std::unique(unique_parents.begin(), unique_parents.end()), unique_parents.end());
             for (const uint256& parent_txid : unique_parents) {
-                if (recentRejects->contains(parent_txid)) {
+                if (recentRejects.contains(parent_txid)) {
                     fRejectedParents = true;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -3296,8 +3291,8 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessMessage(CNode& pfrom, const std::string& msg_type,
                 // regardless of what witness is provided, we will not accept
                 // this, so we don't need to allow for redownload of this txid
                 // from any of our non-wtxidrelay peers.
-                recentRejects->insert(tx.GetHash());
-                recentRejects->insert(tx.GetWitnessHash());
+                recentRejects.insert(tx.GetHash());
+                recentRejects.insert(tx.GetWitnessHash());
                 m_txrequest.ForgetTxHash(tx.GetHash());
                 m_txrequest.ForgetTxHash(tx.GetWitnessHash());
             }
@@ -3316,8 +3311,7 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessMessage(CNode& pfrom, const std::string& msg_type,
                 // See also comments in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18044#discussion_r443419034
                 // for concerns around weakening security of unupgraded nodes
                 // if we start doing this too early.
-                assert(recentRejects);
-                recentRejects->insert(tx.GetWitnessHash());
+                recentRejects.insert(tx.GetWitnessHash());
                 m_txrequest.ForgetTxHash(tx.GetWitnessHash());
                 // If the transaction failed for TX_INPUTS_NOT_STANDARD,
                 // then we know that the witness was irrelevant to the policy
@@ -3328,7 +3322,7 @@ void PeerManagerImpl::ProcessMessage(CNode& pfrom, const std::string& msg_type,
                 // transactions are later received (resulting in
                 // parent-fetching by txid via the orphan-handling logic).
                 if (state.GetResult() == TxValidationResult::TX_INPUTS_NOT_STANDARD && tx.GetWitnessHash() != tx.GetHash()) {
-                    recentRejects->insert(tx.GetHash());
+                    recentRejects.insert(tx.GetHash());
                     m_txrequest.ForgetTxHash(tx.GetHash());
                 }
                 if (RecursiveDynamicUsage(*ptx) < 100000) {