diff --git a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift
index 2978c678949..1301508baee 100644
--- a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift
+++ b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift
@@ -346,7 +346,11 @@ public class BrowserViewController: UIViewController {
       }
     }
 
-    self.feedDataSource.ads = rewards.ads
+    self.feedDataSource.getAdsAPI = {
+      // The ads object gets re-recreated when shutdown, so we need to make sure News fetches it out of
+      // the BraveRewards container
+      return rewards.ads
+    }
     
     // Observer watching tab information is sent by another device
     openTabsModelStateListener = braveCore.sendTabAPI.add(
diff --git a/Sources/BraveNews/Composer/FeedDataSource.swift b/Sources/BraveNews/Composer/FeedDataSource.swift
index feb9b076d7c..aa5963c28d8 100644
--- a/Sources/BraveNews/Composer/FeedDataSource.swift
+++ b/Sources/BraveNews/Composer/FeedDataSource.swift
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class FeedDataSource: ObservableObject {
   }
 
   /// An ads object to handle inserting Inline Content Ads within the Brave News sequence
-  public var ads: BraveAds?
+  public var getAdsAPI: (() -> BraveAds)?
   public var historyAPI: BraveHistoryAPI?
 
   private let todayQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "com.brave.today")
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ public class FeedDataSource: ObservableObject {
         followedSources: followedSources,
         hiddenSources: hiddenSources,
         followedChannels: followedChannels.mapValues(Set.init),
-        ads: ads
+        ads: getAdsAPI?()
       )
       // Move to OSSignposter when we're 15+
       let log = OSLog(subsystem: Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier ?? "com.brave.ios", category: "Brave News")
diff --git a/Sources/BraveNews/Customize/NewsSettingsView.swift b/Sources/BraveNews/Customize/NewsSettingsView.swift
index 43c544a33f5..15f381873cd 100644
--- a/Sources/BraveNews/Customize/NewsSettingsView.swift
+++ b/Sources/BraveNews/Customize/NewsSettingsView.swift
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public struct NewsSettingsView: View {
       OptInView { @MainActor in
         Preferences.BraveNews.isShowingOptIn.value = false
         // Initialize ads if it hasn't already been done
-        await dataSource.ads?.initialize()
+        await dataSource.getAdsAPI?().initialize()
         if dataSource.isSourcesExpired {
           await withCheckedContinuation { c in
             dataSource.load {