lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index eb5a646ec824cca6fb99791611327359901fa80d..aa14ca6f587ca5a9e2632be8aab6bf2903b8fffd 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ 		my $wq = delete $lei->{$f} or next;
 		$wq->wq_wait_old(undef, $lei) if $wq->wq_kill_old; # lei-daemon
 	}
 	close($io) if $io; # needed to avoid warnings on SIGPIPE
-	$lei->x_it($code // (1 >> 8));
+	x_it($lei, $code // (1 << 8));
 }
 
 sub sigpipe_handler { # handles SIGPIPE from @WQ_KEYS workers