diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-bdb/index.c b/servers/slapd/back-bdb/index.c
index 94d181de7e..3bf4fd136e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-bdb/index.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-bdb/index.c
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ int bdb_index_recrun(
 	AttrList *al;
 	int i, rc = 0;
 
+	/* Never index ID 0 */
+	if ( id == 0 )
+		return 0;
+
 	for (i=base; i<bdb->bi_nattrs; i+=slap_tool_thread_max) {
 		ir = ir0 + i;
 		if ( !ir->ai ) continue;
@@ -472,6 +476,10 @@ bdb_index_entry(
 	struct berval value = {0};
 #endif
 
+	/* Never index ID 0 */
+	if ( e->e_id == 0 )
+		return 0;
+
 	Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "=> index_entry_%s( %ld, \"%s\" )\n",
 		opid == SLAP_INDEX_DELETE_OP ? "del" : "add",
 		(long) e->e_id, e->e_dn );