diff --git a/servers/slapd/result.c b/servers/slapd/result.c
index c5df7d67b8af37dc0a12fb8dded7610254f89e35..1e8d40622382ff2b8eb75f39e1a74b7039bd5725 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/result.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/result.c
@@ -1414,6 +1414,8 @@ slap_send_search_entry( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 	Statslog( LDAP_DEBUG_STATS2, "%s ENTRY dn=\"%s\"\n",
 	    op->o_log_prefix, rs->sr_entry->e_nname.bv_val, 0, 0, 0 );
 
+	rs_flush_entry( op, rs, NULL );
+
 	if ( op->o_res_ber == NULL ) {
 		bytes = send_ldap_ber( op, ber );
 		ber_free_buf( ber );
@@ -1578,6 +1580,7 @@ slap_send_search_reference( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 	}
 
 	rc = 0;
+	rs_flush_entry( op, rs, NULL );
 
 #ifdef LDAP_CONNECTIONLESS
 	if (!op->o_conn || op->o_conn->c_is_udp == 0) {
@@ -1613,13 +1616,15 @@ slap_send_search_reference( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 
 	Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "<= send_search_reference\n", 0, 0, 0 );
 
+	if ( 0 ) {
 rel:
+	    rs_flush_entry( op, rs, NULL );
+	}
+
 	if ( op->o_callback ) {
 		(void)slap_cleanup_play( op, rs );
 	}
 
-	rs_flush_entry( op, rs, NULL );
-
 	if ( rs->sr_flags & REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED ) {
 		rs->sr_flags ^= REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED; /* paranoia */
 		if ( rs->sr_ctrls ) {