diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/syncprov.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/syncprov.c
index 80fd2774c2..0bb3180061 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/syncprov.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/syncprov.c
@@ -1577,14 +1577,16 @@ syncprov_playlog( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs, sessionlog *sl,
 		if ( delcsn[0].bv_len ) {
 			slap_compose_sync_cookie( op, &cookie, delcsn, srs->sr_state.rid,
 				srs->sr_state.sid );
-		}
 
-		Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_SYNC, "syncprov_playlog: cookie=%s\n", cookie.bv_val, 0, 0 );
+			Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_SYNC, "syncprov_playlog: cookie=%s\n", cookie.bv_val, 0, 0 );
+		}
 
 		uuids[ndel].bv_val = NULL;
 		syncprov_sendinfo( op, rs, LDAP_TAG_SYNC_ID_SET,
 			delcsn[0].bv_len ? &cookie : NULL, 0, uuids, 1 );
-		op->o_tmpfree( cookie.bv_val, op->o_tmpmemctx );
+		if ( delcsn[0].bv_len ) {
+			op->o_tmpfree( cookie.bv_val, op->o_tmpmemctx );
+		}
 	}
 	op->o_tmpfree( uuids, op->o_tmpmemctx );
 }