lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm     | 6 +++---
 lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm | 5 ++---
 t/import.t                    | 9 ++++++---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
index ac46c0cbc13968777f232db9516ee07b5e777ca9..ddb63b101ff7ea33cb3c1de49a8ad84bfcd3780c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ 	print $w "blob\nmark :$blob\ndata ", $n, "\n" or wfail;
 	print $w $str, "\n" or wfail;
 
 	# v2: we need this for Xapian
-	if ($self->{want_object_id}) {
-		chomp($self->{last_object_id} = $self->get_mark(":$blob"));
-		$self->{last_object} = [ $n, \$str ];
+	if ($self->{want_object_info}) {
+		chomp(my $oid = $self->get_mark(":$blob"));
+		$self->{last_object} = [ $oid, $n, \$str ];
 	}
 	my $ref = $self->{ref};
 	my $commit = $self->{mark}++;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index caabc8e4a885f660a5e31d982f3ef3796491a027..31376db28bc4857b850804756b53f6bd496c2711 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ 	defined $mid0 or die "BUG: $mid0 undefined\n";
 	my $im = $self->importer;
 	my $cmt = $im->add($mime);
 	$cmt = $im->get_mark($cmt);
-	my $oid = $im->{last_object_id};
-	my ($len, $msgref) = @{$im->{last_object}};
+	my ($oid, $len, $msgref) = @{$im->{last_object}};
 
 	my $nparts = $self->{partitions};
 	my $part = $num % $nparts;
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ sub import_init {
 	my ($self, $git, $packed_bytes) = @_;
 	my $im = PublicInbox::Import->new($git, undef, undef, $self->{-inbox});
 	$im->{bytes_added} = int($packed_bytes / $PACKING_FACTOR);
-	$im->{want_object_id} = 1;
+	$im->{want_object_info} = 1;
 	$im->{ssoma_lock} = 0;
 	$im->{path_type} = 'v2';
 	$self->{im} = $im;
diff --git a/t/import.t b/t/import.t
index ca597720cea45bfe03e005f22c95b64648422aa0..eee47447d3c9fbada1f9addee0f19423551e8cf4 100644
--- a/t/import.t
+++ b/t/import.t
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ 	],
 	body => "hello world\n",
 );
 
-$im->{want_object_id} = 1 if 'v2';
+$im->{want_object_info} = 1 if 'v2';
 like($im->add($mime), qr/\A:\d+\z/, 'added one message');
 
 if ('v2') {
-	like($im->{last_object_id}, qr/\A[a-f0-9]{40}\z/, 'got last_object_id');
+	my $info = $im->{last_object};
+	like($info->[0], qr/\A[a-f0-9]{40}\z/, 'got last object_id');
+	is($mime->as_string, ${$info->[2]}, 'string matches');
+	is($info->[1], length(${$info->[2]}), 'length matches');
 	my @cmd = ('git', "--git-dir=$git->{git_dir}", qw(hash-object --stdin));
 	my $in = tempfile();
 	print $in $mime->as_string or die "write failed: $!";
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ 	is(waitpid($pid, 0), $pid, 'waitpid succeeds on hash-object');
 	is($?, 0, 'hash-object');
 	$out->seek(0, SEEK_SET);
 	chomp(my $hashed_obj = <$out>);
-	is($hashed_obj, $im->{last_object_id}, "last_object_id matches exp");
+	is($hashed_obj, $info->[0], "last object_id matches exp");
 }
 
 $im->done;