diff --git a/servers/slapd/bconfig.c b/servers/slapd/bconfig.c
index 09ed0a9193..76210b8ba5 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/bconfig.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/bconfig.c
@@ -5419,7 +5419,10 @@ config_build_schema_inc( ConfigArgs *c, CfEntryInfo *ceparent,
 	struct berval bv;
 
 	for (; cf; cf=cf->c_sibs, c->depth++) {
+		if ( !cf->c_at_head && !cf->c_cr_head && !cf->c_oc_head &&
+			!cf->c_om_head ) continue;
 		c->value_dn.bv_val = c->log;
+		LUTIL_SLASHPATH( cf->c_file.bv_val );
 		bv.bv_val = strrchr(cf->c_file.bv_val, LDAP_DIRSEP[0]);
 		if ( !bv.bv_val ) {
 			bv = cf->c_file;