diff --git a/servers/slapd/referral.c b/servers/slapd/referral.c
index a836657fe1..c5c82c9a80 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/referral.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/referral.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static char * referral_dn_muck(
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		if( dn_match( &nbaseDN, &nrefDN ) == 0 ) {
+		if( dn_match( &nbaseDN, &nrefDN ) ) {
 			ch_free( nrefDN.bv_val );
 			ch_free( nbaseDN.bv_val );
 			return ntargetDN.bv_val;