1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index ab80941a..77b3bde4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ sub count_shards ($) {
          # Also, shard count may change while -watch is running
          # due to "xcpdb --reshard"
          if (-d $xpfx) {
+                require PublicInbox::Search;
+                PublicInbox::Search::load_xapian();
+                my $XapianDatabase = $PublicInbox::Search::X{Database};
                  foreach my $shard (<$xpfx/*>) {
                          -d $shard && $shard =~ m!/[0-9]+\z! or next;
                          eval {
-                                Search::Xapian::Database->new($shard)->close;
+                                $XapianDatabase->new($shard)->close;
                                  $n++;
                          };
                  }