diff --git a/clock.c b/clock.c
index 1d5e2b6..ee20a3c 100644
--- a/clock.c
+++ b/clock.c
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ struct clock *clock_create(struct config *config, int phc_index,
 	struct interface *udsif = &c->uds_interface;
 	struct interface *iface;
 	struct timespec ts;
+	int sfl;
 
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
 	srandom(ts.tv_sec ^ ts.tv_nsec);
@@ -890,8 +891,9 @@ struct clock *clock_create(struct config *config, int phc_index,
 		pr_err("failed to create stats");
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (dds->sanity_freq_limit) {
-		c->sanity_check = clockcheck_create(dds->sanity_freq_limit);
+	sfl = config_get_int(config, NULL, "sanity_freq_limit");
+	if (sfl) {
+		c->sanity_check = clockcheck_create(sfl);
 		if (!c->sanity_check) {
 			pr_err("Failed to create clock sanity check");
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 3ad052f..1007a27 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct config_item config_tab[] = {
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_proportional_exponent", -0.3, -DBL_MAX, DBL_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_proportional_norm_max", 0.7, DBL_MIN, 1.0),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_proportional_scale", 0.0, 0.0, DBL_MAX),
+	GLOB_ITEM_INT("sanity_freq_limit", 200000000, 0, INT_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("step_threshold", 0.0, 0.0, DBL_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("summary_interval", 0, INT_MIN, INT_MAX),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("syncReceiptTimeout", 0, 0, UINT8_MAX),
@@ -452,12 +453,6 @@ static enum parser_result parse_global_setting(const char *option,
 			return r;
 		dds->clockQuality.offsetScaledLogVariance = uval;
 
-	} else if (!strcmp(option, "sanity_freq_limit")) {
-		r = get_ranged_int(value, &val, 0, INT_MAX);
-		if (r != PARSED_OK)
-			return r;
-		cfg->dds.sanity_freq_limit = val;
-
 	} else if (!strcmp(option, "ptp_dst_mac")) {
 		if (MAC_LEN != sscanf(value, "%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx",
 				      &mac[0], &mac[1], &mac[2], &mac[3], &mac[4], &mac[5]))
diff --git a/ds.h b/ds.h
index 1f48cc1..505dc76 100644
--- a/ds.h
+++ b/ds.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ struct clock_description {
 
 struct default_ds {
 	struct defaultDS dds;
-	int sanity_freq_limit;
 	int time_source;
 	struct clock_description clock_desc;
 	enum tsproc_mode tsproc_mode;
diff --git a/ptp4l.c b/ptp4l.c
index 43a5523..fcddd99 100644
--- a/ptp4l.c
+++ b/ptp4l.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ static struct config cfg_settings = {
 			.priority2 = 128,
 			.domainNumber = 0,
 		},
-		.sanity_freq_limit = 200000000,
 		.time_source = INTERNAL_OSCILLATOR,
 		.clock_desc = {
 			.productDescription = {
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 	if (cfg_settings.clock_servo == CLOCK_SERVO_NTPSHM) {
 		config_set_int(cfg, "kernel_leap", 0);
-		cfg_settings.dds.sanity_freq_limit = 0;
+		config_set_int(cfg, "sanity_freq_limit", 0);
 	}
 
 	print_set_progname(progname);