lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 269b028f5373a9fb1e99ed7c2b8166c438c6d111..34f13e26cb2531ebda1da78266357f5c00aa01d2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ 		# very unlikely:
 		warn "<$mid> reused for mismatched content\n";
 
 		# try the rest of the mids
-		foreach my $i (1..$#$mids) {
+		for(my $i = $#$mids; $i >= 1; $i--) {
 			my $m = $mids->[$i];
 			$num = $self->{skel}->{mm}->mid_insert($m);
 			if (defined $num) {