lib/PublicInbox/WwwAtomStream.pm | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/WwwStream.pm     | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WwwAtomStream.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WwwAtomStream.pm
index 9ec1383dada276b101a35df7ea3809692609567e..cb7ffe353f54838ed2d9559bd0ac43113096adef 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WwwAtomStream.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WwwAtomStream.pm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sub new {
 	my ($class, $ctx, $cb) = @_;
 	$ctx->{emit_header} = 1;
 	$ctx->{feed_base_url} = $ctx->{-inbox}->base_url($ctx->{env});
-	bless { cb => $cb || *close, ctx => $ctx }, $class;
+	bless { cb => $cb || \&close, ctx => $ctx }, $class;
 }
 
 sub response {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WwwStream.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WwwStream.pm
index a724d0697db589121e08acd48b2ff5b9003e4736..ef5897b26a2f8cc7aeadec7d7ba7ddafef41a282 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WwwStream.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WwwStream.pm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 	my $base_url = $ctx->{-inbox}->base_url($ctx->{env});
 	chop $base_url; # no trailing slash for clone
 	bless {
 		nr => 0,
-		cb => $cb || *close,
+		cb => $cb || \&close,
 		ctx => $ctx,
 		base_url => $base_url,
 	}, $class;