A charging circuit supplies charge to a charge store to provide power to a controller of a power converter. The power converter includes an inductive component having a winding coupled to receive power from an input to the power converter. A switching circuit includes a field effect transistor (FET) and a switching element. The FET is coupled in series between the winding and the switching element. A controller is coupled to control the switching of the switching element, and a charge store is coupled to provide power to the controller. The charging circuit includes a current diversion circuit coupled to conduct a winding current from the FET to the charge store. The switching element is arranged to allow the winding current to flow through the current diversion circuit to the charge store.