lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 15 +++++++++------

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index f0caac03b1b622c2cfd24474f71c33aef963ec71..e529c86a853890b1adb2632db5c474d21b8f4329 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -1500,12 +1500,15 @@ }
 
 sub sto_done_request { # only call this from lei-daemon process (not workers)
 	my ($lei, $sock) = @_;
-	if ($sock //= $lei->{sock}) {
-		$LIVE_SOCK{"$sock"} = $sock;
-		$lei->{sto}->ipc_do('done', "$sock"); # issue, async wait
-	} else { # forcibly wait
-		my $wait = $lei->{sto}->ipc_do('done');
-	}
+	eval {
+		if ($sock //= $lei->{sock}) { # issue, async wait
+			$LIVE_SOCK{"$sock"} = $sock;
+			$lei->{sto}->ipc_do('done', "$sock");
+		} else { # forcibly wait
+			my $wait = $lei->{sto}->ipc_do('done');
+		}
+	};
+	$lei->err($@) if $@;
 }
 
 sub sto_done_complete { # called in lei-daemon when LeiStore->done is complete