diff --git a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
index 846c679a4a..602eb1d642 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func ambiguousAddrRecovery(ks *keystore.KeyStore, err *keystore.AmbiguousAddrErr
 
 // accountCreate creates a new account into the keystore defined by the CLI flags.
 func accountCreate(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	cfg := gethConfig{}
+	cfg := gethConfig{Node: defaultNodeConfig()}
 	// Load config file.
 	if file := ctx.GlobalString(configFileFlag.Name); file != "" {
 		if err := loadConfig(file, &cfg); err != nil {