lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 4dc274723d6ca8e34ca19821256308d47ea7058d..dc46ead0e6b0166ea2d0e6febf3e8fa442ea2fbb 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
 sub lookup_mail { # no ghosts!
 	my ($self, $mid) = @_;
 	retry_reopen($self, sub {
-		my $smsg = lookup_message($self, $mid) or return;
+		my $smsg = lookup_skeleton($self, $mid) or return;
 		$smsg->load_expand;
 	});
 }