lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
index c57fb4c6b5c5e60f35a4004864b185512c2eb21d..3e3a5899f25523ca58605d5710207dcb5cfa1c1f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ 		my $nxt = $patches->[0];
 		if ($nxt && oids_same_ish($nxt->{oid_b}, $di->{oid_b})) {
 			dbg($self, $msg);
 			dbg($self, 'trying '.di_url($self, $nxt));
+			return do_git_apply($self);
 		} else {
 			ERR($self, $msg);
 		}