diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index b329466fa..d96c20ce0 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	scheme, err := rawdb.ParseStateScheme(config.StateScheme, chainDb)
+	config.StateScheme, err = rawdb.ParseStateScheme(config.StateScheme, chainDb)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Try to recover offline state pruning only in hash-based.
-	if scheme == rawdb.HashScheme {
+	if config.StateScheme == rawdb.HashScheme {
 		if err := pruner.RecoverPruning(stack.ResolvePath(""), chainDb); err != nil {
 			log.Error("Failed to recover state", "error", err)
 		}