diff --git a/triedb/hashdb/database.go b/triedb/hashdb/database.go
index e45ccdba32..55aa928ede 100644
--- a/triedb/hashdb/database.go
+++ b/triedb/hashdb/database.go
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func (db *Database) Scheme() string {
 // An error will be returned if the requested state is not available.
 func (db *Database) Reader(root common.Hash) (*reader, error) {
 	if _, err := db.node(root); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("state %#x is not available, %v", root, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("state %#x is not available, %w", root, err)
 	}
 	return &reader{db: db}, nil
 }