diff --git a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
index c7edf74de..43d9a6696 100644
--- a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ separated by 2.16 MHz with respect to the adjacent channels. Channel zero starts
 // 1kb was too small
 #define RADIO_STACK_SIZE 4096
 
-RadioInterface::RadioInterface() : txQueue(MAX_TX_QUEUE)
+RadioInterface::RadioInterface()
 {
     assert(sizeof(PacketHeader) == 4 || sizeof(PacketHeader) == 16); // make sure the compiler did what we expected
 
diff --git a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.h b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.h
index 64222a76a..0617592ac 100644
--- a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.h
+++ b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class RadioInterface : protected NotifiedWorkerThread
 
   protected:
     MeshPacket *sendingPacket = NULL; // The packet we are currently sending
-    PointerQueue<MeshPacket> txQueue;
     uint32_t lastTxStart = 0L;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.h b/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.h
index 1a0e5f450..6619337ba 100644
--- a/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.h
+++ b/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class RadioLibInterface : public RadioInterface, private PeriodicTask
      */
     uint32_t rxBad = 0, rxGood = 0, txGood = 0;
 
+    PointerQueue<MeshPacket> txQueue = PointerQueue<MeshPacket>(MAX_TX_QUEUE);
+
   protected:
     float bw = 125;
     uint8_t sf = 9;