diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index 3ead49966..b434feebb 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -1502,7 +1502,6 @@ static void linphone_core_start(LinphoneCore * lc) {
 	misc_config_read(lc);
 	ui_config_read(lc);
 #ifdef TUNNEL_ENABLED
-	lc->tunnel=linphone_core_tunnel_new(lc);
 	if (lc->tunnel) {
 		linphone_tunnel_configure(lc->tunnel);
 	}
@@ -1630,6 +1629,10 @@ static void linphone_core_init(LinphoneCore * lc, const LinphoneCoreVTable *vtab
 	sal_set_user_pointer(lc->sal,lc);
 	sal_set_callbacks(lc->sal,&linphone_sal_callbacks);
 
+#ifdef TUNNEL_ENABLED
+	lc->tunnel=linphone_core_tunnel_new(lc);
+#endif
+
 	lc->network_last_check = 0;
 	lc->network_last_status = FALSE;