diff --git a/migrations/20230226-search-modmail.sql b/migrations/20230226-search-modmail.sql
index 25408fb65e..53e355e59e 100644
--- a/migrations/20230226-search-modmail.sql
+++ b/migrations/20230226-search-modmail.sql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-select id from comments where parent_submission is null and sentto is null and (top_comment_id in (select id from comments where sentto = 2) or parent_comment_id in (select id from comments where sentto = 2));
+update comments set sentto=2 where parent_submission is null and sentto is null and (top_comment_id in (select id from comments where sentto = 2) or parent_comment_id in (select id from comments where sentto = 2));