diff --git a/servers/slapd/schema_init.c b/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
index 302218833a..1a91b36a57 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ UTF8StringNormalize(
 	 */
 
 	if ( s != NULL ) {
+		len = q - s;
 		q = s;
 	}