lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
index c972fb680a80da9b6ce5e9b0cf75c12a73fcf170..9a86d206908623dec2d45c097224cb85e2519315 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ 		my %s2i; # "st_dev\0st_ino" => array index
 		for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#dirs; $i++) {
 			my $dir = $dirs[$i];
 			my @st = stat($dir) or die "stat($dir): $!\n";
-			$dir = resolve_inboxdir($dir, \(my $ver));
+			$dir = $dirs[$i] = resolve_inboxdir($dir, \(my $ver));
 			if ($ver >= $min_ver) {
 				$s2i{"$st[0]\0$st[1]"} //= $i;
 			} else {