diff --git a/servers/slapd/schema_init.c b/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
index 6832705f59..86550d01d5 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
@@ -6029,18 +6029,18 @@ again:
 	if( BER_BVISEMPTY( &tmp ) ) return LDAP_SUCCESS;
 
 	while( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &tmp ) && ( tmp.bv_val[0] == ' ' ) ) {
-		tmp.bv_len++;
-		tmp.bv_val--;
+		tmp.bv_len--;
+		tmp.bv_val++;
 	}
 	if( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &tmp ) && ( tmp.bv_val[0] == '$' ) ) {
-		tmp.bv_len++;
-		tmp.bv_val--;
+		tmp.bv_len--;
+		tmp.bv_val++;
 	} else {
 		return LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX;
 	}
 	while( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &tmp ) && ( tmp.bv_val[0] == ' ' ) ) {
-		tmp.bv_len++;
-		tmp.bv_val--;
+		tmp.bv_len--;
+		tmp.bv_val++;
 	}
 
 	goto again;