diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
index dec5499129..0ddd32f335 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
@@ -840,14 +840,16 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) linkStorageSpaceType(ctx context.Context, spaceType stri
 		if isAlreadyExists(err) {
 			appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Debug().Err(err).Str("space", spaceID).Str("spacetype", spaceType).Msg("symlink already exists")
 			// FIXME: is it ok to wipe this err if the symlink already exists?
-			err = nil
 		} else {
 			// TODO how should we handle error cases here?
 			appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Err(err).Str("space", spaceID).Str("spacetype", spaceType).Msg("could not create symlink")
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 
-	return err
+	// touch index root to invalidate caches
+	now := time.Now()
+	return os.Chtimes(filepath.Join(fs.o.Root, "indexes", "by-type"), now, now)
 }
 
 func (fs *Decomposedfs) storageSpaceFromNode(ctx context.Context, n *node.Node, checkPermissions bool) (*provider.StorageSpace, error) {