diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/python/TRT_GeoModelConfig.py b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/python/TRT_GeoModelConfig.py
index 7d8a1cd128540cb7a1c60f7036aaec581bbda68f..a71eda873d0d787df60136fa6d3b7c8315a32cfb 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/python/TRT_GeoModelConfig.py
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/python/TRT_GeoModelConfig.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (C) 2002-2024 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+#  Copyright (C) 2002-2025 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 #
 from AthenaConfiguration.AccumulatorCache import AccumulatorCache
 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ def TRT_GeoModelCfg(flags):
         trtDetectorTool.DoKryptonMixture = False
 
     from TRT_ConditionsServices.TRT_ConditionsServicesConfig import TRT_StrawStatusSummaryToolCfg
-    acc.popToolsAndMerge(TRT_StrawStatusSummaryToolCfg(flags))
+    trtDetectorTool.SummaryTool = acc.popToolsAndMerge(TRT_StrawStatusSummaryToolCfg(flags))
+
     geoModelSvc.DetectorTools += [ trtDetectorTool ]
     acc.merge(db)
     return acc
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.cxx
index 28651a2f88392eefb605f93fef57657b2fc74482..ab3c2b52cd0934f517397b37cd489baac8cce104 100755
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.cxx
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ TRT_DetectorTool::TRT_DetectorTool( const std::string& type, const std::string&
     m_initialLayout(true),
     m_geoDbTagSvc("GeoDbTagSvc",name),
     m_geometryDBSvc("InDetGeometryDBSvc",name),
-    m_sumTool("TRT_StrawStatusSummaryTool", this),
     m_doArgonMixture(1),
     m_doKryptonMixture(1),
     m_useDynamicAlignFolders(false),
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.h b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.h
index 23b8d73875a9e5b9333fd6fde1f6a4ea2e021c5d..4ff5ea5dd3ed51c0d4d700e7b8b876945c153c04 100755
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.h
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/TRT_GeoModel/src/TRT_DetectorTool.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2025 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef TRT_GEOMODEL_TRTDETECTORTOOL_H
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public:
 
     ServiceHandle< IGeoDbTagSvc > m_geoDbTagSvc;
     ServiceHandle< IGeometryDBSvc > m_geometryDBSvc;
-    ToolHandle<ITRT_StrawStatusSummaryTool> m_sumTool; // added for Argon
+    ToolHandle<ITRT_StrawStatusSummaryTool> m_sumTool{this, "SummaryTool", "TRT_StrawStatusSummaryTool"}; // added for Argon
  
     bool m_doArgonMixture;
     bool m_doKryptonMixture;