diff --git a/src/wallet/load.cpp b/src/wallet/load.cpp
index 88e9b9c78f0..85cdbb67c9a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/load.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <fs.h>
 #include <interfaces/chain.h>
 #include <scheduler.h>
+#include <util/check.h>
 #include <util/string.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 #include <util/translation.h>
@@ -20,8 +21,10 @@
 bool VerifyWallets(WalletContext& context)
 {
     interfaces::Chain& chain = *context.chain;
-    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-walletdir")) {
-        fs::path wallet_dir = gArgs.GetArg("-walletdir", "");
+    ArgsManager& args = *Assert(context.args);
+
+    if (args.IsArgSet("-walletdir")) {
+        fs::path wallet_dir = args.GetArg("-walletdir", "");
         boost::system::error_code error;
         // The canonical path cleans the path, preventing >1 Berkeley environment instances for the same directory
         fs::path canonical_wallet_dir = fs::canonical(wallet_dir, error);
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ bool VerifyWallets(WalletContext& context)
             chain.initError(strprintf(_("Specified -walletdir \"%s\" is a relative path"), wallet_dir.string()));
             return false;
         }
-        gArgs.ForceSetArg("-walletdir", canonical_wallet_dir.string());
+        args.ForceSetArg("-walletdir", canonical_wallet_dir.string());
     }
 
     LogPrintf("Using wallet directory %s\n", GetWalletDir().string());
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ bool VerifyWallets(WalletContext& context)
 
     // For backwards compatibility if an unnamed top level wallet exists in the
     // wallets directory, include it in the default list of wallets to load.
-    if (!gArgs.IsArgSet("wallet")) {
+    if (!args.IsArgSet("wallet")) {
         DatabaseOptions options;
         DatabaseStatus status;
         bilingual_str error_string;