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diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
index 8a529c66..e4e3c81b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ sub link_message {
                         merge_threads($self, $tid, $ptid);
                 }
         } else {
-                $tid = $self->next_thread_id;
+                $tid = defined $old_tid ? $old_tid : $self->next_thread_id;
         }
         $doc->add_term(xpfx('thread') . $tid);
 }