diff --git a/src/checkqueue.h b/src/checkqueue.h
index be41bf8bac7..934f672ae39 100644
--- a/src/checkqueue.h
+++ b/src/checkqueue.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_CHECKQUEUE_H
 #define BITCOIN_CHECKQUEUE_H
 
+#include <logging.h>
 #include <sync.h>
 #include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <util/threadnames.h>
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class CCheckQueue
     explicit CCheckQueue(unsigned int batch_size, int worker_threads_num)
         : nBatchSize(batch_size)
     {
+        LogInfo("Script verification uses %d additional threads", worker_threads_num);
         m_worker_threads.reserve(worker_threads_num);
         for (int n = 0; n < worker_threads_num; ++n) {
             m_worker_threads.emplace_back([this, n]() {
diff --git a/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp b/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp
index b86d0b29913..cdc8bdd43e8 100644
--- a/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp
+++ b/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ util::Result<void> ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& args, ChainstateManage
         script_threads += GetNumCores();
     }
     // Subtract 1 because the main thread counts towards the par threads.
-    opts.worker_threads_num = std::clamp(script_threads - 1, 0, MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS);
-    LogPrintf("Script verification uses %d additional threads\n", opts.worker_threads_num);
+    opts.worker_threads_num = script_threads - 1;
 
     if (auto max_size = args.GetIntArg("-maxsigcachesize")) {
         // 1. When supplied with a max_size of 0, both the signature cache and
diff --git a/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h b/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h
index b2cdba68b8f..af13aa8d3ce 100644
--- a/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h
+++ b/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 class ArgsManager;
 
-/** Maximum number of dedicated script-checking threads allowed */
-static constexpr int MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS{15};
 /** -par default (number of script-checking threads, 0 = auto) */
 static constexpr int DEFAULT_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS{0};
 
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 6b0faed797e..74f4e80485e 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -6294,7 +6294,7 @@ static ChainstateManager::Options&& Flatten(ChainstateManager::Options&& opts)
 }
 
 ChainstateManager::ChainstateManager(const util::SignalInterrupt& interrupt, Options options, node::BlockManager::Options blockman_options)
-    : m_script_check_queue{/*batch_size=*/128, options.worker_threads_num},
+    : m_script_check_queue{/*batch_size=*/128, std::clamp(options.worker_threads_num, 0, MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS)},
       m_interrupt{interrupt},
       m_options{Flatten(std::move(options))},
       m_blockman{interrupt, std::move(blockman_options)},
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 6b67dc485b8..aea7a4621bb 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ static constexpr int DEFAULT_CHECKLEVEL{3};
 // Setting the target to >= 550 MiB will make it likely we can respect the target.
 static const uint64_t MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES = 550 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+/** Maximum number of dedicated script-checking threads allowed */
+static constexpr int MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS{15};
+
 /** Current sync state passed to tip changed callbacks. */
 enum class SynchronizationState {
     INIT_REINDEX,