diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
index af9804807a..4b29520517 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
@@ -417,11 +417,7 @@ password_scheme( struct berval *cred, struct berval *sch )
 	for(e = 1; cred->bv_val[e] && cred->bv_val[e] != '}'; e++);
 	if (cred->bv_val[e]) {
 		int rc;
-		char *sc = ch_calloc( sizeof(char), e + 2);
-		sc[e + 1] = '\0'; /* terminate string */
-		strncpy( sc, cred->bv_val, e + 1);
-		rc = lutil_passwd_scheme( sc );
-		free( sc );
+		rc = lutil_passwd_scheme( cred->bv_val );
 		if (rc && sch) {
 			sch->bv_val = cred->bv_val;
 			sch->bv_len = e;