diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-bdb/search.c b/servers/slapd/back-bdb/search.c
index 450f483ebf8616cb2b44130b096c5625d491c9b6..06ea62a0835b44fc40398132709db043315f375c 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-bdb/search.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-bdb/search.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,9 @@ id_retry:
 					break;
 				default:		/* entry not sent */
 					break;
+				case LDAP_BUSY:
+					send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+					goto done;
 				case LDAP_UNAVAILABLE:
 				case LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED:
 					if ( rs->sr_err == LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED ) {
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c b/servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c
index 5cc0d28c00b5f3d0ff91f081a06f6a461a6bf97e..86bcc1cfa6c2c777288aa32c7417f4cdba7b789f 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c
@@ -977,6 +977,9 @@ notfound:
 					break;
 				default:		/* entry not sent */
 					break;
+				case LDAP_BUSY:
+					send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+					goto done;
 				case LDAP_UNAVAILABLE:
 				case LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED:
 					if ( rs->sr_err == LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED ) {
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-perl/search.c b/servers/slapd/back-perl/search.c
index f3106aac8333e863d1a277c06c79e52ebb9e55ea..d862a4a532fd55daa52f1646124fffd5cbda7b71 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-perl/search.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-perl/search.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ perl_back_search(
 						rs->sr_flags = 0;
 						rs->sr_attrs = NULL;
 						rs->sr_entry = NULL;
-						if ( rs->sr_err == LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED ) {
+						if ( rs->sr_err == LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED || rs->sr_err == LDAP_BUSY ) {
 							goto done;
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c b/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c
index 25d447990967cbdce9c4a1816f5f0f62886adc60..de0ae95f61f065ee09c36f78025d6e5477555c8f 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c
@@ -2460,6 +2460,7 @@ backsql_search( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 				goto end_of_search;
 
 			case LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED:
+			case LDAP_BUSY:
 				goto send_results;
 			}
 		}