lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm | 6 +++---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm
index 0e48ed07cc380e05f811ad919f5f921966dae72b..8f77ce24b20ed5171f30720d88c83469fe2b28d7 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@     if ($ev & $bit) {
         my $fl = EV_ADD() | EV_ENABLE();
         ($ev & EPOLLONESHOT) ? ($fl|EV_ONESHOT()) : $fl;
     } else {
-        EV_DISABLE();
+        EV_ADD() | EV_DISABLE();
     }
 }
 
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@             die "couldn't add epoll watch for $fd: $!\n";
         }
     }
     elsif ($HaveKQueue) {
-        $KQueue->EV_SET($fd, EVFILT_READ(), EV_ADD() | kq_flag(EPOLLIN, $ev));
-        $KQueue->EV_SET($fd, EVFILT_WRITE(), EV_ADD() | kq_flag(EPOLLOUT, $ev));
+        $KQueue->EV_SET($fd, EVFILT_READ(), kq_flag(EPOLLIN, $ev));
+        $KQueue->EV_SET($fd, EVFILT_WRITE(), kq_flag(EPOLLOUT, $ev));
     }
 
     Carp::cluck("PublicInbox::DS::new blowing away existing descriptor map for fd=$fd ($DescriptorMap{$fd})")