diff --git a/node/impl/full/eth_trace.go b/node/impl/full/eth_trace.go
index feb920fa414..e1d1ee1ec58 100644
--- a/node/impl/full/eth_trace.go
+++ b/node/impl/full/eth_trace.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func buildTraces(env *environment, addr []int, et *types.ExecutionTrace) error {
 	}
 	addr = addr[:len(addr):len(addr)]
 	for i := range recurseInto.Subcalls {
-		err := buildTraces(subEnv, append(addr, env.subtraceCount), &recurseInto.Subcalls[i])
+		err := buildTraces(subEnv, append(addr, subEnv.subtraceCount), &recurseInto.Subcalls[i])
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}