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diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index b6141f68..2feb3e13 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -543,9 +543,10 @@ sub help {
         \@ret;
 }
 
+# always returns a scalar value
 sub int_val ($$) {
         my ($doc, $col) = @_;
-        my $val = $doc->get_value($col) or return; # undefined is '' in Xapian
+        my $val = $doc->get_value($col) or return undef; # undef is '' in Xapian
         sortable_unserialise($val) + 0; # PV => IV conversion
 }