diff --git a/servers/slapd/acl.c b/servers/slapd/acl.c
index 92b4c43b03..217832fd64 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/acl.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/acl.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ slap_acl_get(
 		}
 
 		/* Is this ACL only for a specific value? */
-		if ( a->acl_attrval.bv_len ) {
+		if ( a->acl_attrval.bv_val ) {
 			if ( val == NULL ) {
 				continue;
 			}