diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index 9be37c5a25..e0606f0d0b 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -724,8 +724,8 @@ func downloadEra(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()
 
-	ancients := stack.ResolveAncient("chaindata", "chain")
-	dir := filepath.Join(ancients, "era")
+	ancients := stack.ResolveAncient("chaindata", "")
+	dir := filepath.Join(ancients, rawdb.ChainFreezerName, "era")
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.EraFlag.Name) {
 		dir = filepath.Join(ancients, ctx.String(utils.EraFlag.Name))
 	}