diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index af55716cca..ebf0ca59f8 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func GenerateChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine conse
 // then generate chain on top.
 func GenerateChainWithGenesis(genesis *Genesis, engine consensus.Engine, n int, gen func(int, *BlockGen)) (ethdb.Database, []*types.Block, []types.Receipts) {
 	db := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	triedb := triedb.NewDatabase(db, triedb.HashDefaults)
+	triedb := triedb.NewDatabase(db, triedb.VerkleDefaults)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 	_, err := genesis.Commit(db, triedb)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/trie/bintrie/hashed_node.go b/trie/bintrie/hashed_node.go
index a677f81a69..e4d8c2e7ac 100644
--- a/trie/bintrie/hashed_node.go
+++ b/trie/bintrie/hashed_node.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func (h HashedNode) toDot(parent string, path string) string {
 }
 
 func (h HashedNode) CollectNodes([]byte, NodeFlushFn) error {
+	// HashedNodes are already persisted in the database and don't need to be collected.
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/trie/bintrie/trie.go b/trie/bintrie/trie.go
index dc3a842c56..a7ee342b74 100644
--- a/trie/bintrie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/bintrie/trie.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (t *BinaryTrie) Commit(_ bool) (common.Hash, *trienode.NodeSet) {
 	// The root can be any type of BinaryNode (InternalNode, StemNode, etc.)
 	err := t.root.CollectNodes(nil, func(path []byte, node BinaryNode) {
 		serialized := SerializeNode(node)
-		nodeset.AddNode(path, trienode.NewNodeWithPrev(common.Hash{}, serialized, t.tracer.Get(path)))
+		nodeset.AddNode(path, trienode.NewNodeWithPrev(node.Hash(), serialized, t.tracer.Get(path)))
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("CollectNodes failed: %v", err))