lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 5 +++++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index ee991f809e3a2fcbefb85a52e75ac33f2766b61d..743725322d3084f2f649c669d7a4c8cf0b81db47 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@ 			for my $d (@$chdir) {
 				next if $d eq ''; # same as git(1)
 				chdir $d or return fail($self, "cd $d: $!");
 			}
+			if (delete $self->{3}) { # update cwd for rel2abs
+				opendir my $dh, '.' or
+					return fail($self, "opendir . $!");
+				$self->{3} = $dh;
+			}
 		}
 		$cb->($self, @argv);
 	} elsif (grep(/\A-/, $cmd, @argv)) { # --help or -h only