lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm | 6 ++----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm
index 31cc67f112efee5db69c7d7abae2f0efbca91a3c..ff15d2951c0c52375336e396e739174ce04faddb 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ }
 
 sub ovv_atexit_child {
 	my ($self, $lei) = @_;
-	if (my $l2m = delete $lei->{l2m}) {
-		# gracefully stop lei2mail processes after all
-		# ->write_mail work is complete
-		delete $l2m->{-wq_s1};
+	if (my $l2m = $lei->{l2m}) {
+		# wait for ->write_mail work we submitted to lei2mail
 		if (my $rd = delete $l2m->{each_smsg_done}) {
 			read($rd, my $buf, 1); # wait for EOF
 		}