diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index 4f2fa0a5ba9..c9f10dc0e9c 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -6871,8 +6871,8 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         } else {
             // this path executes when we are failing with a hash mismatch
             let mut new = self.accounts_hash_cache_path.clone();
-            new.push(slot.to_string());
             new.push("failed_calculate_accounts_hash_cache");
+            new.push(slot.to_string());
             let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&new);
             CacheHashData::new(&new)
         }