diff --git a/lightningd/subd.c b/lightningd/subd.c
index 80b5aa00cbd2..b4bd99de3f0f 100644
--- a/lightningd/subd.c
+++ b/lightningd/subd.c
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static struct subd *new_subd(const tal_t *ctx,
 						 const char *happenings),
 			     va_list *ap)
 {
-	struct subd *sd = tal(ctx, struct subd);
+	struct subd *sd = tal(NULL, struct subd);
 	int msg_fd;
 	const char *debug_subd = NULL;
 	const char *shortname;
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static struct subd *new_subd(const tal_t *ctx,
 	sd->node_id = tal_dup_or_null(sd, struct node_id, node_id);
 
 	/* conn actually owns daemon: we die when it does. */
-	sd->conn = io_new_conn(ld, msg_fd, msg_setup, sd);
+	sd->conn = io_new_conn(ctx, msg_fd, msg_setup, sd);
 	tal_steal(sd->conn, sd);
 
 	log_peer_debug(sd->log, node_id, "pid %u, msgfd %i", sd->pid, msg_fd);