diff --git a/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.cc b/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.cc
index 02cfe6fe9..0a1b3a052 100644
--- a/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.cc
+++ b/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.cc
@@ -197,18 +197,6 @@ auto findRole(const ConfigurationInterface* configuration, const std::string& ba
     return role;
 };
 
-std::string get_role_name(const ConfigurationInterface* configuration, const std::string& role_prefix, const std::string& signal, int channel)
-{
-    const auto role_name = role_prefix + signal + std::to_string(channel);
-
-    if (configuration->is_present(role_name + impl_prop))
-        {
-            return role_name;
-        }
-
-    return role_prefix + signal;
-}
-
 const auto signal_mapping = std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>{
     {"1C", "GPS L1 C/A"},
     {"2S", "GPS L2C (M)"},
@@ -968,8 +956,21 @@ std::unique_ptr<GNSSBlockInterface> get_block_force_impl(
 
 }  // namespace
 
+
 namespace block_factory
 {
+std::string get_role_name(const ConfigurationInterface* configuration, const std::string& role_prefix, const std::string& signal, int channel)
+{
+    const auto role_name = role_prefix + signal + std::to_string(channel);
+
+    if (configuration->is_present(role_name + impl_prop))
+        {
+            return role_name;
+        }
+
+    return role_prefix + signal;
+}
+
 
 std::unique_ptr<SignalSourceInterface> GetSignalSource(
     const ConfigurationInterface* configuration, Concurrent_Queue<pmt::pmt_t>* queue, int ID)
diff --git a/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.h b/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.h
index 67dfdc4b5..bf867024a 100644
--- a/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.h
+++ b/src/core/receiver/gnss_block_factory.h
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ std::unique_ptr<GNSSBlockInterface> GetBlock(const ConfigurationInterface* confi
     unsigned int out_streams,
     Concurrent_Queue<pmt::pmt_t>* queue = nullptr);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Returns the role name of a channel's block: role_prefix + signal +
+ * channel (e.g. "Acquisition_5X12") if that per-channel role has an
+ * .implementation property in the configuration, role_prefix + signal (e.g.
+ * "Acquisition_5X") otherwise. Use it to read a property of an already built
+ * channel block from the same role the block was instantiated with.
+ */
+std::string get_role_name(const ConfigurationInterface* configuration,
+    const std::string& role_prefix,
+    const std::string& signal,
+    int channel);
+
 std::unique_ptr<GNSSBlockInterface> GetChannel(
     const ConfigurationInterface* configuration,
     const std::string& signal,
diff --git a/src/core/receiver/gnss_flowgraph.cc b/src/core/receiver/gnss_flowgraph.cc
index 5cef916cb..38f0aa4b8 100644
--- a/src/core/receiver/gnss_flowgraph.cc
+++ b/src/core/receiver/gnss_flowgraph.cc
@@ -1825,20 +1825,12 @@ void GNSSFlowgraph::acquisition_manager(unsigned int who)
                                        << ", Signal " << channels_[current_channel]->get_signal().get_signal_str();
                             if (assistance_available == true && configuration_->property("GNSS-SDR.assist_dual_frequency_acq", multiband_))
                                 {
-                                    // Doppler is exactly known from the already-tracked assisting
-                                    // frequency (search_next_signal() returns it already projected
-                                    // to this band): restrict the search to a single Doppler bin.
-                                    //
-                                    // Whether to actually narrow to it is itself opt-out via
-                                    // Acquisition_<signal>.dual_freq_assisted_doppler_narrowing
-                                    // (default true, preserving today's behavior) -- lets a specific
-                                    // signal's acquisition be forced to a full, completely unaided
-                                    // search for test purposes (e.g. characterizing acquisition
-                                    // performance/timing on every band without any cross-signal
-                                    // assist in the loop) without having to disable
-                                    // GNSS-SDR.assist_dual_frequency_acq globally, which would also
-                                    // suppress it for every other signal.
-                                    if (configuration_->property("Acquisition_" + channels_[current_channel]->get_signal().get_signal_str() + ".dual_freq_assisted_doppler_narrowing", true))
+                                    // Doppler known from the tracked primary band (already projected to this
+                                    // band by search_next_signal()): search a single bin, unless
+                                    // <acq role>.dual_freq_assisted_doppler_narrowing=false forces a full
+                                    // Doppler search for this signal (or channel, via a per-channel role).
+                                    const std::string acq_role = block_factory::get_role_name(configuration_.get(), "Acquisition_", channels_[current_channel]->get_signal().get_signal_str(), static_cast<int>(current_channel));
+                                    if (configuration_->property(acq_role + ".dual_freq_assisted_doppler_narrowing", true))
                                         {
                                             channels_[current_channel]->assist_acquisition_doppler(estimated_doppler, 1);
                                         }