lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
index 87b0bad62ed2ab5ae47f138460fd9730e4e9d255..a41477cd2e5295879769e408138e16189babff67 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 	my $oldset = PublicInbox::Sigfd::block_signals();
 	my $pid = fork;
 	defined $pid or die "fork failed: $!\n";
 	if ($pid == 0) {
+		eval { PublicInbox::DS->Reset };
 		# these signals are localized in parent
 		$SIG{$_} = 'IGNORE' for (qw(TERM INT QUIT));
 		PublicInbox::Sigfd::sig_setmask($oldset);