diff --git a/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_open.c b/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_open.c
index 5491a1f56bd..b7e6bd586fb 100644
--- a/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_open.c
+++ b/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_open.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "dbwrap/dbwrap_open.h"
 #include "dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.h"
 #include "dbwrap/dbwrap_ctdb.h"
+#include "lib/param/param.h"
 #include "util_tdb.h"
 #ifdef CLUSTER_SUPPORT
 #include "ctdb_private.h"
@@ -117,9 +118,11 @@ struct db_context *db_open(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 #endif
 
 	if (result == NULL) {
-		result = db_open_tdb(mem_ctx, name, hash_size,
+		struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx = loadparm_init_s3(mem_ctx, loadparm_s3_context());
+		result = db_open_tdb(mem_ctx, lp_ctx, name, hash_size,
 				     tdb_flags, open_flags, mode,
 				     lock_order);
+		talloc_unlink(mem_ctx, lp_ctx);
 	}
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.c b/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.c
index ffad39bed8b..2041613be2d 100644
--- a/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.c
+++ b/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "dbwrap/dbwrap_private.h"
 #include "dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.h"
 #include "lib/tdb_wrap/tdb_wrap.h"
-#include "lib/param/param.h"
 #include "util_tdb.h"
 
 struct db_tdb_ctx {
@@ -363,6 +362,7 @@ static int db_tdb_transaction_cancel(struct db_context *db)
 }
 
 struct db_context *db_open_tdb(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			       struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx,
 			       const char *name,
 			       int hash_size, int tdb_flags,
 			       int open_flags, mode_t mode,
@@ -370,14 +370,12 @@ struct db_context *db_open_tdb(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 {
 	struct db_context *result = NULL;
 	struct db_tdb_ctx *db_tdb;
-	struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx;
 
 	result = talloc_zero(mem_ctx, struct db_context);
 	if (result == NULL) {
 		DEBUG(0, ("talloc failed\n"));
 		goto fail;
 	}
-	lp_ctx = loadparm_init_s3(result, loadparm_s3_context());
 
 	result->private_data = db_tdb = talloc(result, struct db_tdb_ctx);
 	if (db_tdb == NULL) {
@@ -388,7 +386,6 @@ struct db_context *db_open_tdb(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 
 	db_tdb->wtdb = tdb_wrap_open(db_tdb, name, hash_size, tdb_flags,
 				     open_flags, mode, lp_ctx);
-	talloc_unlink(result, lp_ctx);
 	if (db_tdb->wtdb == NULL) {
 		DEBUG(3, ("Could not open tdb: %s\n", strerror(errno)));
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.h b/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.h
index 1f7a223c702..6a6da45a084 100644
--- a/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.h
+++ b/source3/lib/dbwrap/dbwrap_tdb.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 struct db_context;
 
 struct db_context *db_open_tdb(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			       struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx,
 			       const char *name,
 			       int hash_size, int tdb_flags,
 			       int open_flags, mode_t mode,
diff --git a/source3/smbd/notify_internal.c b/source3/smbd/notify_internal.c
index 6e6bdf7b036..4d787436871 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/notify_internal.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/notify_internal.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct notify_context *notify_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 				   struct messaging_context *msg,
 				   struct event_context *ev)
 {
+	struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx;
 	struct notify_context *notify;
 
 	notify = talloc(mem_ctx, struct notify_context);
@@ -132,10 +133,12 @@ struct notify_context *notify_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 	notify->msg = msg;
 	notify->list = NULL;
 
+	lp_ctx = loadparm_init_s3(notify, loadparm_s3_context());
 	notify->db_notify = db_open_tdb(
-		notify, lock_path("notify.tdb"),
+		notify, lp_ctx, lock_path("notify.tdb"),
 		0, TDB_CLEAR_IF_FIRST|TDB_INCOMPATIBLE_HASH,
 		O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0644, DBWRAP_LOCK_ORDER_2);
+		talloc_unlink(notify, lp_ctx);
 	if (notify->db_notify == NULL) {
 		goto fail;
 	}