diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/compare.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/compare.c
index 7b80428047..ab6022809e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/compare.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/compare.c
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ ldbm_back_compare(
 	e = dn2entry_r( op->o_bd, &op->o_req_ndn, &matched );
 	if ( e == NULL ) {
 		if ( matched != NULL ) {
-			struct berval	bv;
-
-			ber_str2bv_x( matched, 0, 1, &bv, op->o_tmpmemctx );
-			rs->sr_matched = bv.bv_val;
+			rs->sr_matched = ch_strdup( matched->e_dn );
 			rs->sr_ref = is_entry_referral( matched )
 				? get_entry_referrals( op, matched )
 				: NULL;