diff --git a/runtime/src/snapshot_bank_utils.rs b/runtime/src/snapshot_bank_utils.rs
index c2fdeb71d1118d..f9a2059e46233d 100644
--- a/runtime/src/snapshot_bank_utils.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/snapshot_bank_utils.rs
@@ -1151,8 +1151,8 @@ pub fn package_and_archive_full_snapshot(
         AccountsPackageKind::Snapshot(SnapshotKind::FullSnapshot),
         bank,
         bank_snapshot_info,
-        &full_snapshot_archives_dir,
-        &incremental_snapshot_archives_dir,
+        full_snapshot_archives_dir.as_ref(),
+        incremental_snapshot_archives_dir.as_ref(),
         snapshot_storages,
         archive_format,
         snapshot_version,
@@ -1203,8 +1203,8 @@ pub fn package_and_archive_incremental_snapshot(
         )),
         bank,
         bank_snapshot_info,
-        &full_snapshot_archives_dir,
-        &incremental_snapshot_archives_dir,
+        full_snapshot_archives_dir.as_ref(),
+        incremental_snapshot_archives_dir.as_ref(),
         snapshot_storages,
         archive_format,
         snapshot_version,
diff --git a/runtime/src/snapshot_package.rs b/runtime/src/snapshot_package.rs
index 67af859cd061d2..2e8af24c7a0c9e 100644
--- a/runtime/src/snapshot_package.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/snapshot_package.rs
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ impl AccountsPackage {
         package_kind: AccountsPackageKind,
         bank: &Bank,
         bank_snapshot_info: &BankSnapshotInfo,
-        full_snapshot_archives_dir: impl AsRef<Path>,
-        incremental_snapshot_archives_dir: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        full_snapshot_archives_dir: impl Into<PathBuf>,
+        incremental_snapshot_archives_dir: impl Into<PathBuf>,
         snapshot_storages: Vec<Arc<AccountStorageEntry>>,
         archive_format: ArchiveFormat,
         snapshot_version: SnapshotVersion,
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ impl AccountsPackage {
             bank_snapshot_dir: bank_snapshot_info.snapshot_dir.clone(),
             archive_format,
             snapshot_version,
-            full_snapshot_archives_dir: full_snapshot_archives_dir.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-            incremental_snapshot_archives_dir: incremental_snapshot_archives_dir
-                .as_ref()
-                .to_path_buf(),
+            full_snapshot_archives_dir: full_snapshot_archives_dir.into(),
+            incremental_snapshot_archives_dir: incremental_snapshot_archives_dir.into(),
             epoch_accounts_hash: bank.get_epoch_accounts_hash_to_serialize(),
         };
         Self::_new(