diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index 6109e10ba9..b7ff192334 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func initGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			log.Warn("Multi-database is an experimental feature")
 		}
 
-		triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, ctx.Bool(utils.CachePreimagesFlag.Name), false, genesis.IsVerkle())
+		triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, chaindb, ctx.Bool(utils.CachePreimagesFlag.Name), false, genesis.IsVerkle())
 		defer triedb.Close()
 
 		_, hash, err := core.SetupGenesisBlockWithOverride(chaindb, triedb, genesis, &overrides)
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ func parseDumpConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) (*state.DumpConfig, eth
 	} else {
 		// Use latest
 		if scheme == rawdb.PathScheme {
-			triedb := triedb.NewDatabase(db, &triedb.Config{PathDB: pathdb.ReadOnly})
+			triedb := triedb.NewDatabase(db, &triedb.Config{PathDB: utils.PathDBConfigAddJournalFilePath(stack, pathdb.ReadOnly)})
 			defer triedb.Close()
 			if stateRoot := triedb.Head(); stateRoot != (common.Hash{}) {
 				header.Root = stateRoot
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ func dump(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, db, true, true, false) // always enable preimage lookup
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, db, true, true, false) // always enable preimage lookup
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	state, err := state.New(root, state.NewDatabaseWithNodeDB(db, triedb), nil)
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ func dumpAllRootHashInPath(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer stack.Close()
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true, false)
 	defer db.Close()
-	triedb := triedb.NewDatabase(db, &triedb.Config{PathDB: pathdb.ReadOnly})
+	triedb := triedb.NewDatabase(db, &triedb.Config{PathDB: utils.PathDBConfigAddJournalFilePath(stack, pathdb.ReadOnly)})
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	scheme, err := rawdb.ParseStateScheme(ctx.String(utils.StateSchemeFlag.Name), db)
diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index f91ab65e12..5a0aaf011a 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func inspectTrie(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		var config *triedb.Config
 		if dbScheme == rawdb.PathScheme {
 			config = &triedb.Config{
-				PathDB: pathdb.ReadOnly,
+				PathDB: utils.PathDBConfigAddJournalFilePath(stack, pathdb.ReadOnly),
 			}
 		} else if dbScheme == rawdb.HashScheme {
 			config = triedb.HashDefaults
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ func dbDumpTrie(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true, false)
 	defer db.Close()
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, db, false, true, false)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, db, false, true, false)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	var (
diff --git a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
index 23b8ad0cfc..61b38deddc 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ func verifyState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		log.Error("Failed to load head block")
 		return errors.New("no head block")
 	}
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true, false)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, chaindb, false, true, false)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	snapConfig := snapshot.Config{
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ func traverseState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true, false)
 	defer chaindb.Close()
 
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true, false)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, chaindb, false, true, false)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	headBlock := rawdb.ReadHeadBlock(chaindb)
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true, false)
 	defer chaindb.Close()
 
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true, false)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, chaindb, false, true, false)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	headBlock := rawdb.ReadHeadBlock(chaindb)
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ func dumpState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, db, false, true, false)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, db, false, true, false)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	snapConfig := snapshot.Config{
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ func snapshotExportPreimages(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true, false)
 	defer chaindb.Close()
 
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true, false)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, stack, chaindb, false, true, false)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	var root common.Hash
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 7c30a6b247..d9574dd999 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -2430,6 +2430,12 @@ func MakeBlockDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly, disableFree
 	return blockDb
 }
 
+func PathDBConfigAddJournalFilePath(stack *node.Node, config *pathdb.Config) *pathdb.Config {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", stack.ResolvePath("chaindata"), eth.JournalFileName)
+	config.JournalFilePath = path
+	return config
+}
+
 // tryMakeReadOnlyDatabase try to open the chain database in read-only mode,
 // or fallback to write mode if the database is not initialized.
 //
@@ -2572,7 +2578,7 @@ func MakeConsolePreloads(ctx *cli.Context) []string {
 }
 
 // MakeTrieDatabase constructs a trie database based on the configured scheme.
-func MakeTrieDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, disk ethdb.Database, preimage bool, readOnly bool, isVerkle bool) *triedb.Database {
+func MakeTrieDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, disk ethdb.Database, preimage bool, readOnly bool, isVerkle bool) *triedb.Database {
 	config := &triedb.Config{
 		Preimages: preimage,
 		IsVerkle:  isVerkle,
@@ -2593,6 +2599,7 @@ func MakeTrieDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, disk ethdb.Database, preimage bool, read
 	} else {
 		config.PathDB = pathdb.Defaults
 	}
+	config.PathDB.JournalFilePath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", stack.ResolvePath("chaindata"), eth.JournalFileName)
 	return triedb.NewDatabase(disk, config)
 }