diff --git a/accounts/usbwallet/wallet.go b/accounts/usbwallet/wallet.go
index 0fd0415a9e..5997a2a676 100644
--- a/accounts/usbwallet/wallet.go
+++ b/accounts/usbwallet/wallet.go
@@ -338,14 +338,15 @@ func (w *wallet) selfDerive() {
 		}
 		// Device lock obtained, derive the next batch of accounts
 		var (
-			accs  []accounts.Account
-			paths []accounts.DerivationPath
-
-			nextPaths = append([]accounts.DerivationPath{}, w.deriveNextPaths...)
-			nextAddrs = append([]common.Address{}, w.deriveNextAddrs...)
-
+			accs    []accounts.Account
+			paths   []accounts.DerivationPath
 			context = context.Background()
+			nextAddrs = append([]common.Address{}, w.deriveNextAddrs...)
 		)
+		nextPaths := make([]accounts.DerivationPath, len(w.deriveNextPaths))
+		for i, path := range w.deriveNextPaths {
+			nextPaths[i] = append(accounts.DerivationPath(nil), path...)
+		}
 		for i := 0; i < len(nextAddrs); i++ {
 			for empty := false; !empty; {
 				// Retrieve the next derived Ethereum account