diff --git a/servers/slapd/filter.c b/servers/slapd/filter.c
index 5baea4bab3..dee2197761 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/filter.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/filter.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ get_filter(
 		if( err != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
 			/* unrecognized attribute description or other error */
 			f->f_choice = SLAPD_FILTER_COMPUTED;
-			f->f_result = SLAPD_COMPARE_UNDEFINED;
+			f->f_result = SLAPD_COMPARE_FALSE;
 			*fstr = ch_strdup( "(unrecogized=*)" );
 			ch_free( type.bv_val );
 			err = LDAP_SUCCESS;