1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SharedKV.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SharedKV.pm
index 645bb57c..398f4ca8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SharedKV.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SharedKV.pm
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ sub new {
          $base //= '';
          my $f = $self->{filename} = "$dir/$base.sqlite3";
          $self->{lock_path} = $opt->{lock_path} // "$dir/$base.flock";
-        unless (-f $f) {
+        unless (-s $f) {
+                PublicInbox::Spawn::nodatacow_dir($dir); # for journal/shm/wal
                  open my $fh, '+>>', $f or die "failed to open $f: $!";
                  PublicInbox::Spawn::nodatacow_fd(fileno($fh));
          }