diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 0b1afebb64..6b7e316a79 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 			},
 			// Enables file journaling for the trie database. The journal files will be stored
 			// within the data directory. The corresponding paths will be either:
-			// - DATADIR/merkle.journal
-			// - DATADIR/verkle.journal
-			TrieJournalDirectory: stack.ResolvePath(""),
+			// - DATADIR/triedb/merkle.journal
+			// - DATADIR/triedb/verkle.journal
+			TrieJournalDirectory: stack.ResolvePath("triedb"),
 		}
 	)
 	if config.VMTrace != "" {
diff --git a/triedb/pathdb/journal.go b/triedb/pathdb/journal.go
index d9c4b14670..87d8f9afe7 100644
--- a/triedb/pathdb/journal.go
+++ b/triedb/pathdb/journal.go
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (db *Database) Journal(root common.Hash) error {
 	)
 	if journalPath != "" {
 		// Write into a temp file first
-		err := os.Mkdir(db.config.JournalDirectory, 0755)
+		err := os.MkdirAll(db.config.JournalDirectory, 0755)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}