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

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index ea9ce18358f984e546d86b501defde569d8ac4ec..aa0193687dd6bc6cde4e2b9e620a4cd97699c048 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ # ibx: PublicInbox::Inbox ref
 # long_cb: long_response private data
 package PublicInbox::NNTP;
 use strict;
+use v5.10.1;
 use parent qw(PublicInbox::DS);
 use PublicInbox::MID qw(mid_escape $MID_EXTRACT);
 use PublicInbox::Eml;
@@ -381,11 +382,10 @@ 	my $n = $self->{article};
 	defined $n or return '420 no current article has been selected';
 
 	$n += $off;
-	my $mid = $ibx->mm(1)->mid_for($n);
-	unless ($mid) {
+	my $mid = $ibx->mm(1)->mid_for($n) // do {
 		$n = $off > 0 ? 'next' : 'previous';
 		return "421 no $n article in this group";
-	}
+	};
 	$self->{article} = $n;
 	"223 $n <$mid> article retrieved - request text separately";
 }