lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm | 3 +++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 3484807b325e6e48aba42a4014ea1b20b24a67bb..09ed4e7b99ff096d194a9e59ff79a9569b745c0f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ 	# make sure we really got the OID:
 	my ($oid, $type, $len) = $self->{-inbox}->git->check($expect_oid);
 	$oid eq $expect_oid or die "BUG: $expect_oid not found after replace";
 
+	# don't leak FDs to Xapian:
+	$self->{-inbox}->git->cleanup;
+
 	# reindex modified messages:
 	for my $smsg (@$need_reindex) {
 		my $num = $smsg->{num};