1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
index cf5a03a0..727de066 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
@@ -387,8 +387,14 @@ sub add_eml {
                  _lms_rw($self)->set_src($smsg->oidbin, @{$vmd->{sync_info}});
          }
          unless ($im_mark) { # duplicate blob returns undef
-                return unless wantarray;
+                return unless wantarray || $vmd;
                  my @docids = $oidx->blob_exists($smsg->{blob});
+                if ($vmd) {
+                        for my $docid (@docids) {
+                                my $idx = $eidx->idx_shard($docid);
+                                _add_vmd($self, $idx, $docid, $vmd);
+                        }
+                }
                  return _docids_and_maybe_kw $self, \@docids;
          }