diff --git a/src/bench/wallet_loading.cpp b/src/bench/wallet_loading.cpp
index 20997ff8927..09028acdb03 100644
--- a/src/bench/wallet_loading.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/wallet_loading.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ static void WalletLoadingDescriptors(benchmark::Bench& bench)
     // Setup the wallet
     // Loading the wallet will also create it
     uint64_t create_flags = WALLET_FLAG_DESCRIPTORS;
-    auto database = CreateMockableWalletDatabase();
+    DatabaseStatus status;
+    DatabaseOptions options;
+    options.require_format = DatabaseFormat::SQLITE;
+    options.require_create = true;
+    bilingual_str error;
+    auto database = MakeWalletDatabase("", options, status, error);
     auto wallet = TestCreateWallet(std::move(database), context, create_flags);
 
     // Generate a bunch of transactions and addresses to put into the wallet
@@ -50,18 +55,20 @@ static void WalletLoadingDescriptors(benchmark::Bench& bench)
         AddTx(*wallet);
     }
 
-    database = DuplicateMockDatabase(wallet->GetDatabase());
+    options.require_create = false;
+    options.require_existing = true;
 
-    // reload the wallet for the actual benchmark
+    bench.epochs(5)
+        .setup([&] {
+            TestUnloadWallet(std::move(wallet));
+            database = MakeWalletDatabase("", options, status, error);
+        })
+        .run([&] {
+            wallet = TestLoadWallet(std::move(database), context);
+        });
+
+    // Cleanup
     TestUnloadWallet(std::move(wallet));
-
-    bench.epochs(5).run([&] {
-        wallet = TestLoadWallet(std::move(database), context);
-
-        // Cleanup
-        database = DuplicateMockDatabase(wallet->GetDatabase());
-        TestUnloadWallet(std::move(wallet));
-    });
 }
 
 BENCHMARK(WalletLoadingDescriptors);