lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm | 6 +++---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
index 66049dfeac84c0cb36cd124b331c85a36395b965..d49746cba34f2e9c4ccb1886e2a0447616c58cf4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
@@ -255,13 +255,13 @@ }
 
 sub _lms_rw ($) { # it is important to have eidx processes open before lms
 	my ($self) = @_;
-	my ($eidx, $tl) = eidx_init($self);
-	$self->{lms} //= do {
+	$self->{lms} // do {
 		require PublicInbox::LeiMailSync;
+		my ($eidx, $tl) = eidx_init($self);
 		my $f = "$self->{priv_eidx}->{topdir}/mail_sync.sqlite3";
 		my $lms = PublicInbox::LeiMailSync->new($f);
 		$lms->lms_write_prepare;
-		$lms;
+		$self->{lms} = $lms;
 	};
 }