personal.sign failed with error of invalid address

[zexxlin]

System information

Geth version: v1.9.18
OS & Version: Arch Linux

Expected behaviour

personal.sign should returned signed hex string successfully

Actual behaviour

GoError: Error: invalid address

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

1. Attach to interactive console of a full node on a private chain with geth attach
2. Execute personal.newAccount() to create a new account
3. Use the newly created account to sign random message

acc = personal.listAccounts[0] // 0x79675200a034a60659f625d29a95f3630e825c62
personal.sign(msg, acc)

4. Double check the address is valid with web3 utils

Backtrace

GoError: Error: invalid address at web3.js:3930:11(47)
	at native
	at <eval>:1:18(7)

[MariusVanDerWijden]

Could confirm:
geth --goerli console

> personal.newAccount()
Passphrase: 
Repeat passphrase: 
"0x60e68d9744cd83c08cec55b41e057aeeae394a2e"
> acc = personal.listAccounts[0]
"0x60e68d9744cd83c08cec55b41e057aeeae394a2e"
> personal.sign("adsf", acc)
Give password for account 0x60e68d9744cd83c08cec55b41e057aeeae394a2e
Password: 
GoError: Error: invalid address at web3.js:3930:11(47)
	at native
	at <eval>:1:23(4)