diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index 6e19edeb46eb..d61562ee440d 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func initGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 func dumpGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	// TODO(rjl493456442) support loading from the custom datadir
+	utils.SetWemixConfig(ctx)
 	genesis := utils.MakeGenesis(ctx)
 	if genesis == nil {
 		genesis = core.DefaultGenesisBlock()
diff --git a/cmd/geth/config.go b/cmd/geth/config.go
index 0b0ff3c19867..6cba9f59e420 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func makeConfigNode(ctx *cli.Context) (*node.Node, gethConfig) {
 		utils.Fatalf("Failed to set account manager backends: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	utils.SetWemixConfig(ctx, stack, &cfg.Eth)
+	utils.SetWemixConfig(ctx)
 	utils.SetEthConfig(ctx, stack, &cfg.Eth)
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(utils.EthStatsURLFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.Ethstats.URL = ctx.GlobalString(utils.EthStatsURLFlag.Name)
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 6786ac702d82..533173fae553 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ func SetDNSDiscoveryDefaults(cfg *ethconfig.Config, genesis common.Hash) {
 }
 
 // SetWemixConfig applies wemix related command line flags to the config.
-func SetWemixConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *eth.Config) {
+func SetWemixConfig(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(ConsensusMethodFlag.Name) {
 		params.ConsensusMethod = ctx.GlobalInt(ConsensusMethodFlag.Name)
 	} else {