diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 136e0945c9..d2c6c217c7 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	BlobPoolFetchProbabilityFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "blobpool.fetchprobability",
-		Usage:    "Probability of fetching the full blob payload for sparse blobpool",
+		Usage:    "Probability of fetching the full blob payload for sparse blobpool (min=15, max=100)",
 		Value:    fetcher.DefaultFetchProbability,
 		Category: flags.BlobPoolCategory,
 	}
@@ -1677,8 +1677,7 @@ func setBlobPool(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *blobpool.Config) {
 		cfg.PriceBump = ctx.Uint64(BlobPoolPriceBumpFlag.Name)
 	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(BlobPoolFetchProbabilityFlag.Name) {
-		v := ctx.Uint64(BlobPoolFetchProbabilityFlag.Name)
-		cfg.FetchProbability = &v
+		cfg.FetchProbability = ctx.Uint64(BlobPoolFetchProbabilityFlag.Name)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/core/txpool/blobpool/config.go b/core/txpool/blobpool/config.go
index ed782c2be7..d4c7d1c0f6 100644
--- a/core/txpool/blobpool/config.go
+++ b/core/txpool/blobpool/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Datacap   uint64 // Soft-cap of database storage (hard cap is larger due to overhead)
 	PriceBump uint64 // Minimum price bump percentage to replace an already existing nonce
 
-	FetchProbability *uint64 // EIP-8070: full blob fetch probability for sparse blobpool
+	FetchProbability uint64 // EIP-8070: full blob fetch probability for sparse blobpool
 }
 
 // DefaultConfig contains the default configurations for the transaction pool.
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 91b937fe84..ef4f593e6a 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -344,13 +344,6 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 		stack.RegisterLifecycle(eth.localTxTracker)
 	}
 
-	var fetchProb uint64
-	if config.BlobPool.FetchProbability != nil {
-		fetchProb = *config.BlobPool.FetchProbability
-	} else {
-		fetchProb = fetcher.DefaultFetchProbability
-	}
-
 	// Permit the downloader to use the trie cache allowance during fast sync
 	cacheLimit := options.TrieCleanLimit + options.TrieDirtyLimit + options.SnapshotLimit
 	if eth.handler, err = newHandler(&handlerConfig{
@@ -364,7 +357,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 		BloomCache:       uint64(cacheLimit),
 		RequiredBlocks:   config.RequiredBlocks,
 		SnapV2:           config.SnapV2,
-		FetchProbability: fetchProb,
+		FetchProbability: config.BlobPool.FetchProbability,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/eth/fetcher/blob_fetcher.go b/eth/fetcher/blob_fetcher.go
index 7b96e9cdd0..fa3d84b820 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/blob_fetcher.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/blob_fetcher.go
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ type token struct {
 }
 
 func NewBlobFetcher(fn BlobFetcherFunctions, custody types.CustodyBitmap, rand random, fetchProbability uint64) *BlobFetcher {
+	if fetchProbability < DefaultFetchProbability {
+		fetchProbability = DefaultFetchProbability
+	}
 	return &BlobFetcher{
 		notify:           make(chan *blobTxAnnounce),
 		cleanup:          make(chan *payloadDelivery),