diff --git a/notmuch-client.h b/notmuch-client.h
index 82ae44e4..de318e1f 100644
--- a/notmuch-client.h
+++ b/notmuch-client.h
@@ -499,11 +499,10 @@ int notmuch_minimal_options (const char *subcommand_name,
 struct _notmuch_client_indexing_cli_choices {
     int decrypt_policy;
     bool decrypt_policy_set;
-    notmuch_indexopts_t *opts;
 };
 extern struct _notmuch_client_indexing_cli_choices indexing_cli_choices;
 extern const notmuch_opt_desc_t notmuch_shared_indexing_options [];
 notmuch_status_t
-notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
+notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch_indexopts_t *opts);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/notmuch-insert.c b/notmuch-insert.c
index 72e2e35f..214d4d03 100644
--- a/notmuch-insert.c
+++ b/notmuch-insert.c
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ notmuch_insert_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
     char *maildir;
     char *newpath;
     int opt_index;
+    notmuch_indexopts_t *indexopts = notmuch_database_get_default_indexopts (notmuch);
+
     void *local = talloc_new (NULL);
 
     notmuch_opt_desc_t options[] = {
@@ -550,7 +552,7 @@ notmuch_insert_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch);
+    status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (indexopts);
     if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 	fprintf (stderr, "Error: Failed to process index options. (%s)\n",
 		 notmuch_status_to_string (status));
@@ -558,7 +560,7 @@ notmuch_insert_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     /* Index the message. */
-    status = add_file (notmuch, newpath, tag_ops, synchronize_flags, keep, indexing_cli_choices.opts);
+    status = add_file (notmuch, newpath, tag_ops, synchronize_flags, keep, indexopts);
 
     /* Commit changes. */
     close_status = notmuch_database_close (notmuch);
diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
index b7a5f2ea..5b8fa340 100644
--- a/notmuch-new.c
+++ b/notmuch-new.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ typedef struct {
     const char *db_path;
     const char *mail_root;
 
+    notmuch_indexopts_t *indexopts;
     int output_is_a_tty;
     enum verbosity verbosity;
     bool debug;
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ add_file (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *filename,
     if (status)
 	goto DONE;
 
-    status = notmuch_database_index_file (notmuch, filename, indexing_cli_choices.opts, &message);
+    status = notmuch_database_index_file (notmuch, filename, state->indexopts, &message);
     switch (status) {
     /* Success. */
     case NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS:
@@ -1150,6 +1151,8 @@ notmuch_new_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
     else if (verbose)
 	add_files_state.verbosity = VERBOSITY_VERBOSE;
 
+    add_files_state.indexopts = notmuch_database_get_default_indexopts (notmuch);
+
     add_files_state.new_tags = notmuch_config_get_values (notmuch, NOTMUCH_CONFIG_NEW_TAGS);
 
     if (print_status_database (
@@ -1217,7 +1220,7 @@ notmuch_new_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
     if (notmuch == NULL)
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-    status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch);
+    status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (add_files_state.indexopts);
     if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 	fprintf (stderr, "Error: Failed to process index options. (%s)\n",
 		 notmuch_status_to_string (status));
diff --git a/notmuch-reindex.c b/notmuch-reindex.c
index 49eacd47..e9a65456 100644
--- a/notmuch-reindex.c
+++ b/notmuch-reindex.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ notmuch_reindex_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
     int opt_index;
     int ret;
     notmuch_status_t status;
+    notmuch_indexopts_t *indexopts = notmuch_database_get_default_indexopts (notmuch);
 
     /* Set up our handler for SIGINT */
     memset (&action, 0, sizeof (struct sigaction));
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ notmuch_reindex_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
 
     notmuch_process_shared_options (notmuch, argv[0]);
 
-    status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch);
+    status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (indexopts);
     if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 	fprintf (stderr, "Error: Failed to process index options. (%s)\n",
 		 notmuch_status_to_string (status));
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ notmuch_reindex_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    ret = reindex_query (notmuch, query_string, indexing_cli_choices.opts);
+    ret = reindex_query (notmuch, query_string, indexopts);
 
     notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch);
 
diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 3fb58bf2..ac25ae18 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -141,21 +141,18 @@ const notmuch_opt_desc_t notmuch_shared_indexing_options [] = {
 
 
 notmuch_status_t
-notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
+notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch_indexopts_t *opts)
 {
-    if (indexing_cli_choices.opts == NULL)
-	indexing_cli_choices.opts = notmuch_database_get_default_indexopts (notmuch);
+    if (opts == NULL)
+	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER;
+
     if (indexing_cli_choices.decrypt_policy_set) {
 	notmuch_status_t status;
-	if (indexing_cli_choices.opts == NULL)
-	    return NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-	status = notmuch_indexopts_set_decrypt_policy (indexing_cli_choices.opts,
+	status = notmuch_indexopts_set_decrypt_policy (opts,
 						       indexing_cli_choices.decrypt_policy);
 	if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 	    fprintf (stderr, "Error: Failed to set index decryption policy to %d. (%s)\n",
 		     indexing_cli_choices.decrypt_policy, notmuch_status_to_string (status));
-	    notmuch_indexopts_destroy (indexing_cli_choices.opts);
-	    indexing_cli_choices.opts = NULL;
 	    return status;
 	}
     }