lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm | 4 ++++
 lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm     | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
index 8997cd54da4e25c1186b9be9cf320f15ac553854..3e8ca82c65c79cf443240674bae672040eeea0ef 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package PublicInbox::ExtSearch;
 use strict;
 use v5.10.1;
 use PublicInbox::Over;
+use PublicInbox::Inbox;
 
 # for ->reopen, ->mset, ->mset_to_artnums
 use parent qw(PublicInbox::Search);
@@ -36,5 +37,8 @@ sub git {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	$self->{git} //= PublicInbox::Git->new("$self->{topdir}/ALL.git");
 }
+
+no warnings 'once';
+*smsg_eml = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::smsg_eml;
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
index cbb95b8d6204ef756c9b551d9388954e2300c9dc..cd5c098a1b28aee65b9b25d289823101c74d7fd8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ 	# no {blob} field
 	return unless defined $smsg;
 	defined(my $blob = $smsg->{blob}) or return;
 
-	git($self)->cat_file($blob);
+	$self->git->cat_file($blob);
 }
 
 sub smsg_eml {