diff --git a/servers/slapd/bconfig.c b/servers/slapd/bconfig.c
index 9763385f3a..7eb815e1b1 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/bconfig.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/bconfig.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,6 @@ config_generic(ConfigArgs *c) {
 		case CFG_THREADQS:
 		case CFG_TTHREADS:
 		case CFG_LTHREADS:
-		case CFG_RO:
 		case CFG_AZPOLICY:
 		case CFG_DEPTH:
 		case CFG_LASTMOD:
@@ -1430,6 +1429,10 @@ config_generic(ConfigArgs *c) {
 		case CFG_SYNC_SUBENTRY:
 			break;
 
+		case CFG_RO:
+			c->be->be_restrictops &= ~SLAP_RESTRICT_READONLY;
+			break;
+
 #ifdef LDAP_SLAPI
 		case CFG_PLUGIN:
 			slapi_int_unregister_plugins(c->be, c->valx);