diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index d31ec7048b..f792e18eac 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func dump(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx.String(utils.StateSchemeFlag.Name), db, true, false) // always enable preimage lookup
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx.String(utils.StateSchemeFlag.Name), db, true, true) // always enable preimage lookup
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	state, err := state.New(root, state.NewDatabaseWithNodeDB(db, triedb), nil)