diff --git a/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPMessageQueue.cpp b/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPMessageQueue.cpp
index ac8dd3dd34..8c1a391e15 100644
--- a/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPMessageQueue.cpp
+++ b/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPMessageQueue.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ LDAPMsg *LDAPMessageQueue::getNext(){
         ret = req->getNextMessage();
     }catch(LDAPException e){
         //do some clean up
-        m_activeReq.top();
+        m_activeReq.pop();
         throw;   
     }