lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm | 2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
index c34225b29d9a5249f89f5f7fc036b4d2666caf4a..f0992e5ea1c1ba5f732de3cda97af5a88620d608 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ }
 
 sub eidxq_process ($$) { # for reindexing
 	my ($self, $sync) = @_;
+	return unless $self->{cfg};
 
 	return unless eidxq_lock_acquire($self);
 	my $dbh = $self->{oidx}->dbh;
@@ -882,6 +883,7 @@ }
 
 sub eidx_reindex {
 	my ($self, $sync) = @_;
+	return unless $self->{cfg};
 
 	# acquire eidxq_lock early because full reindex takes forever
 	# and incremental -extindex processes can run during our checkpoints