diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
index 2f3fedfc6a..3aa2979f9a 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
@@ -2003,6 +2003,10 @@ accesslog_op_mod( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 	if ( op->o_dont_replicate )
 		return SLAP_CB_CONTINUE;
 
+	/* can't do anything if logDB isn't open */
+	if ( !SLAP_DBOPEN( li->li_db ))
+		return SLAP_CB_CONTINUE;
+	
 	logop = accesslog_op2logop( op );
 	lo = logops+logop+EN_OFFSET;