lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
index 4ae400f7905fdb203fd3fa69507634e243b9c5c5..78aec8a25d5f4b6cfd3103917ecc93aed6ba2a7b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
@@ -918,8 +918,8 @@ 			die "BUG: destination unknown $inboxes";
 		}
 		$last_art = $art;
 	}
-	$itrk->update_last(0, $last_art) if defined $last_art;
 	_done_for_now($self);
+	$itrk->update_last(0, $last_art) if defined $last_art;
 	$err;
 }