diff --git a/src/service/globals.rs b/src/service/globals.rs
index ea1dce4f..96c62697 100644
--- a/src/service/globals.rs
+++ b/src/service/globals.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Service {
     pub(crate) tls_name_override: Arc<StdRwLock<TlsNameMap>>,
     pub(crate) config: Config,
     keypair: Arc<ruma::signatures::Ed25519KeyPair>,
-    dns_resolver: TokioAsyncResolver,
+    dns_resolver: Arc<TokioAsyncResolver>,
     jwt_decoding_key: Option<jsonwebtoken::DecodingKey>,
     federation_client: reqwest::Client,
     default_client: reqwest::Client,
@@ -215,6 +215,18 @@ impl Service {
         };
 
         let tls_name_override = Arc::new(StdRwLock::new(TlsNameMap::new()));
+        let dns_resolver = Arc::new(
+            TokioAsyncResolver::tokio_from_system_conf().map_err(|e| {
+                error!(
+                    "Failed to set up trust dns resolver with system config: \
+                     {}",
+                    e
+                );
+                Error::bad_config(
+                    "Failed to set up trust dns resolver with system config.",
+                )
+            })?,
+        );
 
         let jwt_decoding_key = config.jwt_secret.as_ref().map(|secret| {
             jsonwebtoken::DecodingKey::from_secret(secret.as_bytes())
@@ -255,18 +267,7 @@ impl Service {
             config,
             reload_handles: reload_handles.map(|h| Arc::new(RwLock::new(h))),
             keypair: Arc::new(keypair),
-            dns_resolver: TokioAsyncResolver::tokio_from_system_conf()
-                .map_err(|e| {
-                    error!(
-                        "Failed to set up trust dns resolver with system \
-                         config: {}",
-                        e
-                    );
-                    Error::bad_config(
-                        "Failed to set up trust dns resolver with system \
-                         config.",
-                    )
-                })?,
+            dns_resolver,
             actual_destination_cache: Arc::new(
                 RwLock::new(WellKnownMap::new()),
             ),