diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e14156b..afb3879 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct config_item config_tab[] = {
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("min_neighbor_prop_delay", -20000000, INT_MIN, -1),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("neighborPropDelayThresh", 20000000, 0, INT_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("ntpshm_segment", 0, INT_MIN, INT_MAX),
+	GLOB_ITEM_INT("offsetScaledLogVariance", 0xffff, 0, UINT16_MAX),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("path_trace_enabled", 0, 0, 1),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_integral_const", 0.0, 0.0, DBL_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_integral_exponent", 0.4, -DBL_MAX, DBL_MAX),
@@ -406,12 +407,6 @@ static enum parser_result parse_global_setting(const char *option,
 			return r;
 		dds->domainNumber = uval;
 
-	} else if (!strcmp(option, "offsetScaledLogVariance")) {
-		r = get_ranged_uint(value, &uval, 0, UINT16_MAX);
-		if (r != PARSED_OK)
-			return r;
-		dds->clockQuality.offsetScaledLogVariance = uval;
-
 	} 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/ptp4l.c b/ptp4l.c
index f3df299..32c022d 100644
--- a/ptp4l.c
+++ b/ptp4l.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ static struct config cfg_settings = {
 
 	.dds = {
 		.dds = {
-			.clockQuality.offsetScaledLogVariance = 0xffff,
 			.domainNumber = 0,
 		},
 		.clock_desc = {
@@ -223,6 +222,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	ds->clockQuality.clockClass = config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "clockClass");
 	ds->clockQuality.clockAccuracy = config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "clockAccuracy");
+	ds->clockQuality.offsetScaledLogVariance =
+		config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "offsetScaledLogVariance");
 
 	if (config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "slaveOnly")) {
 	    ds->flags |= DDS_SLAVE_ONLY;