1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
index 007191bb..a930fc30 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ sub _pre_augment_mbox {
  sub finish_output {
          my ($self, $lei) = @_;
          my $out = delete $lei->{1} // die 'BUG: no lei->{1}';
-        my $old = delete $lei->{old_1};
-        $lei->{1} = $old if $old;
+        my $old = delete $lei->{old_1} or return; # path only
+        $lei->{1} = $old;
          return if $out->close; # reaps gzip|pigz|xz|bzip2
          my $msg = "E: Error closing $lei->{ovv}->{dst}";
          $? ? $lei->child_error($?) : ($msg .= " ($!)");