diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index b47b1d09ae1e9a..9d27a409bf146c 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -5633,7 +5633,7 @@ Chainstate& ChainstateManager::InitializeChainstate(CTxMemPool* mempool)
 
     // We have to destruct before this call leveldb::DB in order to release the db
     // lock, otherwise `DestroyDB` will fail. See `leveldb::~DBImpl()`.
-    const bool destroyed = DestroyDB(path_str);
+    const bool destroyed = MDBXWrapper::DestroyDB(path_str);
 
     if (!destroyed) {
         LogPrintf("error: leveldb DestroyDB call failed on %s\n", path_str);