diff --git a/sndiod/file.c b/sndiod/file.c
index d5baacf..a00698b 100644
--- a/sndiod/file.c
+++ b/sndiod/file.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#include <err.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <poll.h>
@@ -446,14 +445,14 @@ filelist_init(void)
 {
 	sigset_t set;
 
-	sigemptyset(&set);
-	(void)sigaddset(&set, SIGPIPE);
-	if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL))
-		err(1, "sigprocmask");
-	file_list = NULL;
 	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &file_ts) < 0) {
-		err(1, "clock_gettime");
+		log_puts("filelist_init: CLOCK_MONOTONIC unsupported\n");
+		panic();
 	}
+	sigemptyset(&set);
+	sigaddset(&set, SIGPIPE);
+	sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
+	file_list = NULL;
 	log_sync = 0;
 	timo_init();
 }