1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index ca60f2a1..d417b125 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -1038,6 +1038,9 @@ sub sync_prepare ($$) {
          # without {reindex}
          my $reindex_heads = $self->last_commits($sync) if $sync->{reindex};
  
+        if ($sync->{max_size} = $sync->{-opt}->{max_size}) {
+                $sync->{index_oid} = $self->can('index_oid');
+        }
          for (my $i = $sync->{epoch_max}; $i >= 0; $i--) {
                  my $git_dir = $sync->{ibx}->git_dir_n($i);
                  -d $git_dir or next; # missing epochs are fine
@@ -1312,9 +1315,6 @@ sub index_sync {
                          $art_beg++ if defined($art_beg);
                  }
          }
-        if ($sync->{max_size} = $opt->{max_size}) {
-                $sync->{index_oid} = $self->can('index_oid');
-        }
          # work forwards through history
          index_epoch($self, $sync, $_) for (0..$epoch_max);
          $self->{oidx}->rethread_done($opt);