lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 2 +-
 t/extsearch.t             | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 17e202e1da8300c5e7927ca4322f2c49bf4a5cb8..dd6d3710d03d48592d835f302b02eddce82f52df 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ 	opendir(my $dh, $xpfx) or return warn("$xpfx gone: $!\n"); # true
 	my $nr = grep(/\A[0-9]+\z/, readdir($dh)) or
 		return warn("$xpfx has no shards\n"); # true
 	return reopen($self) if $nr == ($self->{nshard} // -1);
-	delete($self->{xdb});
+	delete @$self{qw(xdb qp)};
 	undef;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/extsearch.t b/t/extsearch.t
index 1b6235ba0eca3f8a1581c2e633da3c81b930e485..8190de17cf16d3fdd9ef28e7cde0f14c2a895904 100644
--- a/t/extsearch.t
+++ b/t/extsearch.t
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ 	my $mset = $es->mset('b:"BEST MSG"');
 	is($mset->size, 1, 'new message found');
 	$mset = $es->mset('b:"test message"');
 	is($mset->size, 1, 'old message found');
-	delete @$es{qw(git over xdb)}; # fork preparation
+	delete @$es{qw(git over xdb qp)}; # fork preparation
 
 	my $pi_cfg = PublicInbox::Config->new;
 	$pi_cfg->fill_all;