lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
index a67811bc9bd458a6eb958c71513ac3d3f23fce7c..eb43a2bf264d84fba43d9896e724a7f203c420fd 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTPD.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 	my $new = {};
 	my @list;
 	$pi_config->each_inbox(sub {
 		my ($ng) = @_;
-		my $ngname = $ng->{newsgroup} or next;
+		my $ngname = $ng->{newsgroup} or return;
 		if (ref $ngname) {
 			warn 'multiple newsgroups not supported: '.
 				join(', ', @$ngname). "\n";