diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 45a05fffa098929f8634e5ae2ac2e6e93739811a..fac7515d1abbbc2e6cdd1e9f1a78309513f83233 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ OpenLDAP 2.4.6 Engineering
 	Fixed slapd-bdb/hdb suffix logging (ITS#5128)
 	Fixed slapd-ldap SASL idassert w/o authcId
 	Fixed slapd-meta conn caching on bind failure (ITS#5154)
+	Fixed slapd-meta leak when binding as rootdn (ITS#5155)
 	Fixed slapo-chain double-free (ITS#5137)
 	Fixed slapo-dynlist entry release (ITS#5135)
 	Fixed slapo-rwm modlist handling (ITS#5124)
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c b/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c
index ebd537409f1f68a531cbd67287affb5f57b8e9fd..41a3539ec73f529dad73e688d11d82b800827da5 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-meta/bind.c
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ meta_back_bind( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 	if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
 		if ( isroot ) {
 			mc->mc_authz_target = META_BOUND_ALL;
-			ber_dupbv( &op->orb_edn, be_root_dn( op->o_bd ) );
 		}
 
 		if ( !LDAP_BACK_PCONN_ISPRIV( mc )