diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zha/helpers.py b/homeassistant/components/zha/helpers.py
index b91565835a7..e8d53ac11ad 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zha/helpers.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zha/helpers.py
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ def create_zha_config(hass: HomeAssistant, ha_zha_data: HAZHAData) -> ZHAData:
     # deep copy the yaml config to avoid modifying the original and to safely
     # pass it to the ZHA library
     app_config = copy.deepcopy(ha_zha_data.yaml_config.get(CONF_ZIGPY, {}))
-    database = app_config.get(
+    database = ha_zha_data.yaml_config.get(
         CONF_DATABASE,
         hass.config.path(DEFAULT_DATABASE_NAME),
     )