lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm       | 9 +++------
 lib/PublicInbox/View.pm       | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm
index 91196ccafc9f21a710b6fe71bafadc18f190315c..e74ddb9056c81412877f4d40be4e748bbdba9603 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ 		$max //= $pct;
 		$min = $pct;
 
 		my $s = ascii_html($smsg->{subject});
-		my $f = ascii_html($smsg->{from_name});
+		my $f = ascii_html(delete $smsg->{from_name});
 		if ($obfs_ibx) {
 			obfuscate_addrs($obfs_ibx, $s);
 			obfuscate_addrs($obfs_ibx, $f);
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
index fb28eff7326e06d19e05cc1a096fc55cf54b3bdd..a2f54507425f546785754770ba49fa87cb26417d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
@@ -57,15 +57,12 @@
 sub psgi_cull ($) {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 
-	# ghosts don't have ->{from}
-	my $from = delete($self->{from}) // '';
-	my @n = PublicInbox::Address::names($from);
-	$self->{from_name} = join(', ', @n);
-
 	# drop NNTP-only fields which aren't relevant to PSGI results:
 	# saves ~80K on a 200 item search result:
 	# TODO: we may need to keep some of these for JMAP...
-	delete @$self{qw(tid to cc bytes lines)};
+	my ($f) = delete @$self{qw(from tid to cc bytes lines)};
+	# ghosts don't have ->{from}
+	$self->{from_name} = join(', ', PublicInbox::Address::names($f // ''));
 	$self;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index a6944b80bbed08ca41c702c234b1010571b1e5ac..116aa6418c4404475913b740f8ad373924077b8c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ 	if ($level == 0 && $ctx->{skel_dump_roots}++) {
 		$$skel .= delete($ctx->{sl_note}) || '';
 	}
 
-	my $f = ascii_html($smsg->{from_name});
+	my $f = ascii_html(delete $smsg->{from_name});
 	my $obfs_ibx = $ctx->{-obfs_ibx};
 	obfuscate_addrs($obfs_ibx, $f) if $obfs_ibx;