diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
index a8c9f8a8ab6..896a2fc0f33 100644
--- a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ Mutex SQLiteDatabase::g_sqlite_mutex;
 int SQLiteDatabase::g_sqlite_count = 0;
 
 SQLiteDatabase::SQLiteDatabase(const fs::path& dir_path, const fs::path& file_path, const DatabaseOptions& options, bool mock)
-    : WalletDatabase(), m_mock(mock), m_dir_path(fs::PathToString(dir_path)), m_file_path(fs::PathToString(file_path)), m_write_semaphore(1), m_use_unsafe_sync(options.use_unsafe_sync)
+    : WalletDatabase(), m_mock(mock), m_dir_path(dir_path), m_file_path(fs::PathToString(file_path)), m_write_semaphore(1), m_use_unsafe_sync(options.use_unsafe_sync)
 {
     {
         LOCK(g_sqlite_mutex);
         LogPrintf("Using SQLite Version %s\n", SQLiteDatabaseVersion());
-        LogPrintf("Using wallet %s\n", m_dir_path);
+        LogPrintf("Using wallet %s\n", fs::PathToString(m_dir_path));
 
         if (++g_sqlite_count == 1) {
             // Setup logging
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void SQLiteDatabase::Open()
 
     if (m_db == nullptr) {
         if (!m_mock) {
-            TryCreateDirectories(fs::PathFromString(m_dir_path));
+            TryCreateDirectories(m_dir_path);
         }
         int ret = sqlite3_open_v2(m_file_path.c_str(), &m_db, flags, nullptr);
         if (ret != SQLITE_OK) {
diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.h b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
index 78a3accf890..eb3c0217f55 100644
--- a/src/wallet/sqlite.h
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class SQLiteDatabase : public WalletDatabase
 private:
     const bool m_mock{false};
 
-    const std::string m_dir_path;
+    const fs::path m_dir_path;
 
     const std::string m_file_path;