diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c b/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c
index 2106a2d7e5..071857d3c7 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ meta_back_bind( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 		if ( META_BACK_DEFER_ROOTDN_BIND( mi ) ) {
 			rs->sr_err = LDAP_SUCCESS;
 			rs->sr_text = NULL;
-			send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+			/* frontend will return success */
 			return rs->sr_err;
 		}