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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
index 3873649b..078aaa2c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ sub _wq_worker_start ($$$) {
                 srand($seed);
                 eval { PublicInbox::DS->Reset };
                 delete @$self{qw(-wq_s1 -wq_workers -wq_ppid)};
-                @$self{keys %$fields} = values(%$fields) if $fields;
                 $SIG{$_} = 'IGNORE' for (qw(PIPE));
                 $SIG{$_} = 'DEFAULT' for (qw(TTOU TTIN TERM QUIT INT CHLD));
                 local $0 = $self->{-wq_ident};
@@ -346,6 +345,8 @@ sub _wq_worker_start ($$$) {
                 # ensure we properly exit even if warn() dies:
                 my $end = PublicInbox::OnDestroy->new($$, sub { exit(!!$@) });
                 eval {
+                        $fields //= {};
+                        local @$self{keys %$fields} = values(%$fields);
                         my $on_destroy = $self->ipc_atfork_child;
                         local %SIG = %SIG;
                         wq_worker_loop($self);