diff --git a/src/wallet/init.cpp b/src/wallet/init.cpp
index a8b3df1f2e..8b09dc9ad0 100644
--- a/src/wallet/init.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/init.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void WalletInit::AddWalletOptions() const
     gArgs.AddArg("-upgradewallet", "Upgrade wallet to latest format on startup", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-wallet=<path>", "Specify wallet database path. Can be specified multiple times to load multiple wallets. Path is interpreted relative to <walletdir> if it is not absolute, and will be created if it does not exist (as a directory containing a wallet.dat file and log files). For backwards compatibility this will also accept names of existing data files in <walletdir>.)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-walletbroadcast",  strprintf("Make the wallet broadcast transactions (default: %u)", DEFAULT_WALLETBROADCAST), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-walletdir=<dir>", "Specify directory to hold wallets (default: <datadir>/wallets if it exists, otherwise <datadir>)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-walletdir=<dir>", "Specify directory to hold wallets (default: <datadir>/wallets if it exists, otherwise <datadir>)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
 #if HAVE_SYSTEM
     gArgs.AddArg("-walletnotify=<cmd>", "Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
 #endif