diff --git a/src/etc/get-snapshot.py b/src/etc/get-snapshot.py
index f1a85189e2b..4fce01e1d93 100755
--- a/src/etc/get-snapshot.py
+++ b/src/etc/get-snapshot.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def unpack_snapshot(snap):
   tar = tarfile.open(dl_path)
   kernel = get_kernel()
   for name in snapshot_files[kernel]:
-    p = os.path.join("rust-stage0", name)
+    p = "rust-stage0/" + name
     fp = os.path.join("stage0", name)
     print("extracting " + fp)
     tar.extract(p, download_unpack_base)
diff --git a/src/etc/snapshot.py b/src/etc/snapshot.py
index 924568ee930..8eaa37917fa 100644
--- a/src/etc/snapshot.py
+++ b/src/etc/snapshot.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def make_snapshot():
     tar = tarfile.open(file0, "w:bz2")
     for name in snapshot_files[kernel]:
       tar.add(os.path.join("stage2", name),
-              os.path.join("rust-stage0", name))
+              "rust-stage0/" + name)
     tar.close()
 
     h = hash_file(file0)