lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm      | 3 ++-
 lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm | 3 ---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
index b76b9ffbf91ac944518aa72d43ed43bcde618174..a25dd90fa407e81ac1a430474ee4779d7563c5d5 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ 		my ($dmap, undef) = @_;
 		my $n = 0;
 
 		foreach my $s (values %$dmap) {
-			if ($s->can('busy') && $s->busy) {
+			$s->can('busy') or next;
+			if ($s->busy) {
 				++$n;
 			} else {
 				# close as much as possible, early as possible
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm
index fadf2d3abb9aaf6fe63f7c27cf5e68f567a318ab..a936d9b5a0c6fc5e3988c88085437a1322b13333 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTPD/Async.pm
@@ -74,7 +74,4 @@ 	# we defer this to the next timer loop since close is deferred
 	PublicInbox::EvCleanup::asap($cleanup) if $cleanup;
 }
 
-# do not let ourselves be closed during graceful termination
-sub busy () { $_[0]->{cb} }
-
 1;