lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
index 25b87e938e051dd82877066ec1d7e676ed8427d4..288f64d1e6c23e1fd53dfbf1d094dff5379f734e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ 	delete $self->{idle_pids};
 	delete $self->{poll_pids};
 	delete $self->{opendirs};
 	PublicInbox::DS->Reset;
+	%SIG = (%SIG, %{$self->{sig}}, CHLD => 'DEFAULT');
 	PublicInbox::Sigfd::sig_setmask($self->{oldset});
-	%SIG = (%SIG, %{$self->{sig}});
 }
 
 sub watch_atfork_parent ($) {