diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/chain.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/chain.c
index 6bccc6a853..a55d93c2fe 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/chain.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/chain.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ static ConfigOCs chainocs[] = {
 	{ "( OLcfgOvOc:3.2 "
 		"NAME 'olcChainDatabase' "
 		"DESC 'Chain remote server configuration' "
-		"AUXILIARY )",
+		"SUP olcLDAPConfig )",
 		Cft_Misc, olcDatabaseDummy, chain_ldadd },
 	{ NULL, 0, NULL }
 };
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c
index bb05dd5d1c..60e60c5fe9 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ ldap_back_initialize( BackendInfo *bi )
 
 	bi->bi_extra = (void *)&ldap_extra;
 
+	rc =  ldap_back_init_cf( bi );
+	if ( rc ) {
+		return rc;
+	}
+
 	rc = chain_initialize();
 	if ( rc ) {
 		return rc;
@@ -116,8 +121,7 @@ ldap_back_initialize( BackendInfo *bi )
 		return rc;
 	}
 #endif
-
-	return ldap_back_init_cf( bi );
+	return rc;
 }
 
 int