diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 722236ab9c..6bff9e37ce 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.0 Change Log
+	Fixed ber_bvstrdup() empty string ("") bug (ITS#1662)
 
 OpenLDAP 2.0.23 Release
 	Fixed slapd moddn acl bug (ITS#1562) (ITS#1582)
diff --git a/libraries/liblber/memory.c b/libraries/liblber/memory.c
index 799e85d293..95695affca 100644
--- a/libraries/liblber/memory.c
+++ b/libraries/liblber/memory.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ ber_bvstrdup(
 
 	new = ber_bvstr( p );
 
-	if( new == NULL || *p == '\0' ) {
+	if( new == NULL ) {
 		LBER_FREE( p );
 	}