lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index b68e526bf365e056b8044a5fc89ff7527ca75a93..43baeeb3d51c910f4bb1a61a7e3239dc994c1471 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ 		my @fds = $recv_cmd->($self->{sock}, my $buf, 4096);
 		if (scalar(@fds) == 1 && !defined($fds[0])) {
 			return if $! == EAGAIN;
 			die "recvmsg: $!" if $! != ECONNRESET;
+			@fds = (); # for open loop below:
 		}
 		for (@fds) { open my $rfh, '+<&=', $_ }
 		if ($buf eq '') {