lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
index e4e3c81b82f60a7c8d4392d8f0f7917dc6634d45..fd0d320e8685fe34c37b5f07162d3e81da2f0c06 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ 	my $old = umask $self->{umask};
 	my $rv = eval { $cb->() };
 	my $err = $@;
 	umask $old;
-	die $err if $@;
+	die $err if $err;
 	$rv;
 }