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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm
index 550521aa..14a62eb6 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchMsg.pm
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ sub mid {
         my ($self, $mid) = @_;
 
         if (defined $mid) {
-            $self->{mid} = $mid;
+                $self->{mid} = $mid;
         } else {
-            $self->{mid} ||= $self->_extract_mid;
+                $self->ensure_metadata; # needed for ghosts
+                $self->{mid} ||= $self->_extract_mid;
         }
 }