diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
index 589673dc4e..0d784fcd84 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ accesslog_response(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs)
 	lo = logops+logop+EN_OFFSET;
 
 	/* can't do anything if logDB isn't open */
-	if ( !SLAP_DBOPEN( li->li_db ) ) {
+	if ( !li->li_db || !SLAP_DBOPEN( li->li_db ) ) {
 		goto skip;
 	}