diff --git a/libraries/libldap/ppolicy.c b/libraries/libldap/ppolicy.c
index 0de4e20abc..2551fb5876 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/ppolicy.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/ppolicy.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 /* IMPLICIT TAGS, all context-specific */
 #define PPOLICY_WARNING 0xa0L	/* constructed + 0 */
-#define PPOLICY_ERROR 0xa1L		/* constructed + 1 */
+#define PPOLICY_ERROR 0x81L		/* primitive + 1 */
 
 #define PPOLICY_EXPIRE 0x80L	/* primitive + 0 */
 #define PPOLICY_GRACE  0x81L	/* primitive + 1 */
diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
index 57dfbe13c8..958348e939 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ account_locked( Operation *op, Entry *e,
 
 /* IMPLICIT TAGS, all context-specific */
 #define PPOLICY_WARNING 0xa0L	/* constructed + 0 */
-#define PPOLICY_ERROR 0xa1L		/* constructed + 1 */
+#define PPOLICY_ERROR 0x81L		/* primitive + 1 */
  
 #define PPOLICY_EXPIRE 0x80L	/* primitive + 0 */
 #define PPOLICY_GRACE  0x81L	/* primitive + 1 */