lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index b8abfa94bdebb97a7cc48d2fc82465d035777f21..5ff2af1035600e079888820fe65b58b1c71be71c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ 			$all->cat_async($oid, \&unindex_oid, $arg);
 		}
 		$all->cat_async_wait;
 	}
-	if (!$regen_max && !keys(%{$self->{unindex_range}})) {
+	if (!$regen_max) {
 		$sync->{-regen_fmt} = "%u/?\n";
 		return 0;
 	}