diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index d60f9c64d5..77dac8bd1a 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ func MakeChainDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) ethdb.
 		}
 		chainDb = remotedb.New(client)
 	default:
-		chainDb, err = stack.OpenDatabaseWithFreezer("chaindata", cache, handles, ctx.String(AncientFlag.Name), "", readonly)
+		chainDb, err = stack.OpenDatabaseWithFreezer("chaindata", cache, handles, ctx.String(AncientFlag.Name), "eth/db/chaindata/", readonly)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("Could not open database: %v", err)