diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 9288033eb463..dd0e38596e40 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -285,9 +285,9 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	if config.BlobPool.Datadir != "" {
 		config.BlobPool.Datadir = stack.ResolvePath(config.BlobPool.Datadir)
 	}
-	blobPool := blobpool.New(config.BlobPool, eth.blockchain, legacyPool.HasPendingAuth)
+	eth.blobTxPool = blobpool.New(config.BlobPool, eth.blockchain, legacyPool.HasPendingAuth)
 
-	eth.txPool, err = txpool.New(config.TxPool.PriceLimit, eth.blockchain, []txpool.SubPool{legacyPool, blobPool})
+	eth.txPool, err = txpool.New(config.TxPool.PriceLimit, eth.blockchain, []txpool.SubPool{legacyPool, eth.blobTxPool})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}