diff --git a/servers/slapd/connection.c b/servers/slapd/connection.c
index de06ffb7c9..aecb4252df 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/connection.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/connection.c
@@ -1522,11 +1522,11 @@ connection_input( Connection *conn )
 
 		ber_sockbuf_ctrl( conn->c_sb, LBER_SB_OPT_GET_FD, &sd );
 
+		if ( err != EWOULDBLOCK && err != EAGAIN ) {
+			/* log, close and send error */
 		Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,
 			"ber_get_next on fd %d failed errno=%d (%s)\n",
 			sd, err, sock_errstr(err) );
-		if ( err != EWOULDBLOCK && err != EAGAIN ) {
-			/* log, close and send error */
 			ber_free( conn->c_currentber, 1 );
 			conn->c_currentber = NULL;