1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm
index 099bc4fe..c9957f64 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@ sub dispatch {
                  or return;
          my $dirs = delete $req->{d} or die 'no -d args';
          my $key = join("\0", @$dirs);
+        my $new;
          $req->{srch} = $SRCH{$key} //= do {
-                my $new = { qp_flags => $PublicInbox::Search::QP_FLAGS };
+                $new = { qp_flags => $PublicInbox::Search::QP_FLAGS };
                  my $first = shift @$dirs;
                  my $slow_phrase = -f "$first/iamchert";
                  $new->{xdb} = $X->{Database}->new($first);
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ sub dispatch {
                  $new->{qp} = $new->qparse_new;
                  $new;
          };
+        $req->{srch}->{xdb}->reopen unless $new;
          $req->{Q} && !$req->{srch}->{qp_extra_done} and
                  srch_init_extra $req;
          my $timeo = $req->{K};