diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
index 62399fb36282a70eb46561602f4c6a9247ed4335..75f9a82aa874e87d669b283986b619c0fe3e8324 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ func remoteConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 				homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 				path = filepath.Join(homeDir, "/.bor/data")
 			}
-			endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s/geth.ipc", path)
 		}
+		endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s/geth.ipc", path)
 	}
 	client, err := dialRPC(endpoint)
 	if err != nil {