lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm | 1 +
 script/public-inbox-clone    | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
index 8b55a7da3000910cd127f5929df2f3d7c3955441..2da4f8815588953289bbb7a81df73b72789afd91 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMirror.pm
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@
 sub do_mirror { # via wq_io_do or public-inbox-clone
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	my $lei = $self->{lei};
+	$self->{dry_run} = 1 if $lei->{opt}->{'dry-run'};
 	umask($lei->{client_umask}) if defined $lei->{client_umask};
 	eval {
 		my $ic = $lei->{opt}->{'inbox-config'} //= 'always';
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-clone b/script/public-inbox-clone
index 59f01b5491309387e05ee18c3af0412975bd3880..4462693655670e004bd1da4542c61ac5361a531b 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-clone
+++ b/script/public-inbox-clone
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ 	dst => $dst,
 }, 'PublicInbox::LeiMirror';
 
 $? = 0;
-$mrr->{dry_run} = 1 if $lei->{opt}->{'dry-run'};
 $mrr->do_mirror;
 $mrr->can('_wq_done_wait')->([$mrr, $lei], $$);
 exit(($lei->{child_error} // 0) >> 8);