lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm | 6 ++++++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 458151801b8c1eaf6179325cba637501c416f603..059aa2844bfa724c1f765b1653c06fcc6b436429 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ 	$SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
 	$self->SUPER::ipc_atfork_child;
 }
 
+sub delete_pkt_op { # OnDestroy callback
+	my $unclosed_after_die = delete($_[0])->{pkt_op_p} or return;
+	close $unclosed_after_die;
+}
+
 sub do_query {
 	my ($self, $lei) = @_;
 	my $l2m = $lei->{l2m};
@@ -431,6 +436,7 @@ 		'child_error' => [ $lei->can('child_error'), $lei ],
 		'incr_start_query' => [ \&incr_start_query, $self, $l2m ],
 	};
 	$lei->{auth}->op_merge($ops, $l2m) if $l2m && $lei->{auth};
+	my $od = PublicInbox::OnDestroy->new($$, \&delete_pkt_op, $lei);
 	($lei->{pkt_op_c}, $lei->{pkt_op_p}) = PublicInbox::PktOp->pair($ops);
 	$lei->{1}->autoflush(1);
 	$lei->start_pager if delete $lei->{need_pager};