lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm
index 97747220a684cffdb520442669397d2ae64206ab..9b4c4f30c7160fb95ef7c050396f3ca666c4ba79 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ }
 
 sub sol_done { # EOF callback for main daemon
 	my ($lei) = @_;
-	my $sol = delete $lei->{sol} or return;
+	my $sol = delete $lei->{sol} // return $lei->dclose; # already failed
 	$sol->wq_wait_old(\&sol_done_wait, $lei);
 }