2 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index 06684c78ad..3613d780ca 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const fs::path& ArgsManager::GetBlocksDirPath() const
             return path;
         }
     } else {
-        path = GetDataDirPath(false);
+        path = GetDataDirBase();
     }
 
     path /= BaseParams().DataDir();
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ bool ArgsManager::GetSettingsPath(fs::path* filepath, bool temp) const
     }
     if (filepath) {
         std::string settings = GetArg("-settings", BITCOIN_SETTINGS_FILENAME);
-        *filepath = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(GetDataDirPath(/* net_specific= */ true), temp ? settings + ".tmp" : settings);
+        *filepath = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(GetDataDirNet(), temp ? settings + ".tmp" : settings);
     }
     return true;
 }
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ fs::path GetDefaultDataDir()
 
 const fs::path &GetDataDir(bool fNetSpecific)
 {
-    return gArgs.GetDataDirPath(fNetSpecific);
+    return fNetSpecific ? gArgs.GetDataDirNet() : gArgs.GetDataDirBase();
 }
 
 bool CheckDataDirOption()
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ fs::path AbsPathForConfigVal(const fs::path& path, bool net_specific)
     if (path.is_absolute()) {
         return path;
     }
-    return fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(GetDataDir(net_specific), path);
+    return fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(net_specific ? gArgs.GetDataDirNet() : gArgs.GetDataDirBase(), path);
 }
 
 void ScheduleBatchPriority()
diff --git a/src/util/system.h b/src/util/system.h
index 88a217f71d..fcbbd24e83 100644
--- a/src/util/system.h
+++ b/src/util/system.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ UniValue RunCommandParseJSON(const std::string& str_command, const std::string&
  * the datadir if they are not absolute.
  *
  * @param path The path to be conditionally prefixed with datadir.
- * @param net_specific Forwarded to GetDataDir().
+ * @param net_specific Use network specific datadir variant
  * @return The normalized path.
  */
 fs::path AbsPathForConfigVal(const fs::path& path, bool net_specific = true);
@@ -271,6 +271,22 @@ public:
     /**
      * Get data directory path
      *
+     * @return Absolute path on success, otherwise an empty path when a non-directory path would be returned
+     * @post Returned directory path is created unless it is empty
+     */
+    const fs::path& GetDataDirBase() const { return GetDataDirPath(false); }
+
+    /**
+     * Get data directory path with appended network identifier
+     *
+     * @return Absolute path on success, otherwise an empty path when a non-directory path would be returned
+     * @post Returned directory path is created unless it is empty
+     */
+    const fs::path& GetDataDirNet() const { return GetDataDirPath(true); }
+
+    /**
+     * Get data directory path
+     *
      * @param net_specific Append network identifier to the returned path
      * @return Absolute path on success, otherwise an empty path when a non-directory path would be returned
      * @post Returned directory path is created unless it is empty