diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index ebf0ca59f8..af55716cca 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.VerkleDefaults)
+	triedb := triedb.NewDatabase(db, triedb.HashDefaults)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 	_, err := genesis.Commit(db, triedb)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index d0d490874d..b41969de8e 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func flushAlloc(ga *types.GenesisAlloc, triedb *triedb.Database) (common.Hash, e
 		return common.Hash{}, err
 	}
 	// Commit newly generated states into disk if it's not empty.
-	if root != types.EmptyRootHash {
+	if root != types.EmptyRootHash && root != types.EmptyVerkleHash {
 		if err := triedb.Commit(root, true); err != nil {
 			return common.Hash{}, err
 		}