diff --git a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
index a635e5eb1..80d946b89 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ func snapshotExportPreimages(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
 	defer chaindb.Close()
 
-	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true)
+	triedb := utils.MakeTrieDatabase(ctx, chaindb, false, true, false)
 	defer triedb.Close()
 
 	var root common.Hash