diff --git a/lib/fs/fs.go b/lib/fs/fs.go
index 726a123de..5c4bb3ed4 100644
--- a/lib/fs/fs.go
+++ b/lib/fs/fs.go
@@ -288,14 +288,16 @@ func IsDirOrSymlink(de os.DirEntry) bool {
 	return de.IsDir() || (de.Type()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink)
 }
 
-// SymlinkRelative creates relative symlink for srcPath in dstPath.
-func SymlinkRelative(srcPath, dstPath string) error {
+// MustSymlinkRelative creates relative symlink for srcPath in dstPath.
+func MustSymlinkRelative(srcPath, dstPath string) {
 	baseDir := filepath.Dir(dstPath)
 	srcPathRel, err := filepath.Rel(baseDir, srcPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot make relative path for srcPath=%q: %w", srcPath, err)
+		logger.Panicf("FATAL: cannot make relative path for srcPath=%q: %s", srcPath, err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Symlink(srcPathRel, dstPath); err != nil {
+		logger.Panicf("FATAL: cannot make a symlink: %s", err)
 	}
-	return os.Symlink(srcPathRel, dstPath)
 }
 
 // CopyDirectory copies all the files in srcPath to dstPath.
diff --git a/lib/storage/storage.go b/lib/storage/storage.go
index 3c7277ef0..d7dbcef5f 100644
--- a/lib/storage/storage.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage.go
@@ -330,14 +330,13 @@ func (s *Storage) CreateSnapshot(deadline uint64) (string, error) {
 
 	dstDataDir := filepath.Join(dstDir, dataDirname)
 	fs.MustMkdirFailIfExist(dstDataDir)
+
 	dstSmallDir := filepath.Join(dstDataDir, smallDirname)
-	if err := fs.SymlinkRelative(smallDir, dstSmallDir); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot create symlink from %q to %q: %w", smallDir, dstSmallDir, err)
-	}
+	fs.MustSymlinkRelative(smallDir, dstSmallDir)
+
 	dstBigDir := filepath.Join(dstDataDir, bigDirname)
-	if err := fs.SymlinkRelative(bigDir, dstBigDir); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot create symlink from %q to %q: %w", bigDir, dstBigDir, err)
-	}
+	fs.MustSymlinkRelative(bigDir, dstBigDir)
+
 	fs.MustSyncPath(dstDataDir)
 
 	srcMetadataDir := filepath.Join(srcDir, metadataDirname)
@@ -362,9 +361,7 @@ func (s *Storage) CreateSnapshot(deadline uint64) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot create prev indexDB snapshot: %w", err)
 	}
 	dstIdbDir := filepath.Join(dstDir, indexdbDirname)
-	if err := fs.SymlinkRelative(idbSnapshot, dstIdbDir); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot create symlink from %q to %q: %w", idbSnapshot, dstIdbDir, err)
-	}
+	fs.MustSymlinkRelative(idbSnapshot, dstIdbDir)
 
 	fs.MustSyncPath(dstDir)