diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ca40437f..9700470d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ The following emojis are used to highlight certain changes:
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `bitswap/client`: Fix unintentional ignoring `DontHaveTimeoutConfig` [#872](https://github.com/ipfs/boxo/pull/872)
+
 ### Security
 
 
diff --git a/bitswap/client/client.go b/bitswap/client/client.go
index 14413d5fe..07ec463cb 100644
--- a/bitswap/client/client.go
+++ b/bitswap/client/client.go
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ func New(parent context.Context, network bsnet.BitSwapNetwork, providerFinder ro
 			bsmq.WithDontHaveTimeoutConfig(bs.dontHaveTimeoutConfig),
 			bsmq.WithPerPeerSendDelay(bs.perPeerSendDelay))
 	}
-	bs.dontHaveTimeoutConfig = nil
 
 	sim := bssim.New()
 	bpm := bsbpm.New()