lib/PublicInbox/PktOp.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/PktOp.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/PktOp.pm
index 10d76da0536b18064fcbf4874698f5e76da9ea7e..5d8e78ea78635211885271cb650f1ed48d76696e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/PktOp.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/PktOp.pm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sub event_step {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	my $c = $self->{sock};
 	my $msg;
-	do {
+	while (1) {
 		my $n = recv($c, $msg, 4096, 0);
 		unless (defined $n) {
 			return if $! == EAGAIN;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ 		die "BUG: unknown message: `$cmd'" unless $op;
 		my ($sub, @args) = @$op;
 		$sub->(@args, @pargs);
 		return $self->close if $msg eq ''; # close on EOF
-	} while (1);
+	}
 }
 
 1;