lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 42e02efb58e045e92a394a4357092133ccaab1e4..a9f5edaebe4efad8cac852874a7adaba31208c66 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -1095,6 +1095,7 @@ 				open my $rfh, '+<&=', $fd;
 			}
 			die "unrecognized client signal: $buf";
 		}
+		_drop_wq($self); # EOF, client disconnected
 		dclose($self);
 	};
 	if (my $err = $@) {