diff --git a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
index 73abc1a7..c7e1b1b4 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 						{
 							auto pool = tunnel->GetTunnelPool ();
 							// let it die if the tunnel pool has been reconfigured and this is old
-							if (pool && tunnel->GetTunnelConfig()->GetNumHops() == pool->GetNumOutboundHops())
+							if (pool && tunnel->GetNumHops() == pool->GetNumOutboundHops())
 							{
 								tunnel->SetIsRecreated ();
 								pool->RecreateOutboundTunnel (tunnel);
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 						{
 							auto pool = tunnel->GetTunnelPool ();
 							// let it die if the tunnel pool was reconfigured and has different number of hops
-							if (pool && tunnel->GetTunnelConfig()->GetNumHops() == pool->GetNumInboundHops())
+							if (pool && tunnel->GetNumHops() == pool->GetNumInboundHops())
 							{
 								tunnel->SetIsRecreated ();
 								pool->RecreateInboundTunnel (tunnel);
diff --git a/libi2pd/Tunnel.h b/libi2pd/Tunnel.h
index 38beccaa..3244faad 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Tunnel.h
+++ b/libi2pd/Tunnel.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 			bool IsFailed () const { return m_State == eTunnelStateFailed; };
 			bool IsRecreated () const { return m_IsRecreated; };
 			void SetIsRecreated () { m_IsRecreated = true; };
+			int GetNumHops () const { return m_Hops.size (); };
 			virtual bool IsInbound() const = 0;
 
 			std::shared_ptr<TunnelPool> GetTunnelPool () const { return m_Pool; };