3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/wallet/load.cpp b/src/wallet/load.cpp
index 036fd4956f..30832f983b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/load.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain)
     std::set<fs::path> wallet_paths;
 
     for (const auto& wallet_file : gArgs.GetArgs("-wallet")) {
-        const fs::path path = fs::absolute(wallet_file, GetWalletDir());
+        const fs::path path = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(GetWalletDir(), wallet_file);
 
         if (!wallet_paths.insert(path).second) {
             chain.initWarning(strprintf(_("Ignoring duplicate -wallet %s."), wallet_file));
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 918946f9e7..723552860a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -3780,7 +3780,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<WalletDatabase> MakeWalletDatabase(const std::string& name, cons
     // 2. Path to an existing directory.
     // 3. Path to a symlink to a directory.
     // 4. For backwards compatibility, the name of a data file in -walletdir.
-    const fs::path& wallet_path = fs::absolute(name, GetWalletDir());
+    const fs::path wallet_path = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(GetWalletDir(), name);
     fs::file_type path_type = fs::symlink_status(wallet_path).type();
     if (!(path_type == fs::file_not_found || path_type == fs::directory_file ||
           (path_type == fs::symlink_file && fs::is_directory(wallet_path)) ||
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
index a1bb7343f4..bc90491a2c 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static void WalletShowInfo(CWallet* wallet_instance)
 
 bool ExecuteWalletToolFunc(const ArgsManager& args, const std::string& command, const std::string& name)
 {
-    fs::path path = fs::absolute(name, GetWalletDir());
+    const fs::path path = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(GetWalletDir(), name);
 
     if (args.IsArgSet("-format") && command != "createfromdump") {
         tfm::format(std::cerr, "The -format option can only be used with the \"createfromdump\" command.\n");