1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 4aa2a81c..8ab84b15 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -460,10 +460,11 @@ sub do_post_augment {
          my ($lei) = @_;
          local $PublicInbox::LEI::current_lei = $lei;
          my $l2m = $lei->{l2m} or return; # client disconnected
-        $lei->fchdir or return;
-        my $err;
-        eval { $l2m->post_augment($lei) };
-        $err = $@;
+        eval {
+                $lei->fchdir;
+                $l2m->post_augment($lei);
+        };
+        my $err = $@;
          if ($err) {
                  if (my $lxs = delete $lei->{lxs}) {
                          $lxs->wq_kill('-TERM');