1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-convert b/script/public-inbox-convert
index 7fb15adf..dbb2bd38 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-convert
+++ b/script/public-inbox-convert
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ while (<$rd>) {
          last if $_ eq "done\n";
          print $w $_ or $im->wfail;
  }
-$w = $r = undef;
  close $rd or die "close fast-export: $!\n";
  waitpid($pid, 0) or die "waitpid failed: $!\n";
  $? == 0 or die "fast-export failed: $?\n";
+$r = $w = undef; # v2w->done does the actual close and error checking
  $v2w->done;
  if (my $mm = $old->mm) {
          $old->cleanup;