diff --git a/servers/slapd/filter.c b/servers/slapd/filter.c
index 2f83a3fd1f..dc8e0201ad 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/filter.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/filter.c
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@ get_substring_filter(
 	ber_len_t	len;
 	ber_tag_t	rc;
 	struct berval *value;
-	struct berval *nvalue;
 	char		*last;
 	struct berval type;
 #ifndef SLAPD_SCHEMA_NOT_COMPAT
 	int		syntax;
+	struct berval *nvalue;
 #endif
 	*text = "error decoding filter";