diff --git a/servers/slapd/controls.c b/servers/slapd/controls.c
index e737afb043a8caeedd8ee14ec357b556c9477fb7..7d82cc45303191818eb4cffa6c53296d4451c3d3 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/controls.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/controls.c
@@ -566,11 +566,24 @@ void slap_free_ctrls(
 	int i;
 
 	for (i=0; ctrls[i]; i++) {
-		op->o_tmpfree(ctrls[i], op->o_tmpmemctx );
+		op->o_tmpfree( ctrls[i], op->o_tmpmemctx );
 	}
 	op->o_tmpfree( ctrls, op->o_tmpmemctx );
 }
 
+void slap_free_ctrl_vals(
+	Operation *op,
+	LDAPControl **ctrls )
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i=0; ctrls[i]; i++) {
+		if ( ctrls[i]->ldctl_value.bv_val )
+			op->o_tmpfree( ctrls[i]->ldctl_value.bv_val, op->o_tmpmemctx );
+	}
+	slap_free_ctrls( op, ctrls );
+}
+
 int slap_add_ctrls(
 	Operation *op,
 	SlapReply *rs,
diff --git a/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h b/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h
index 198303d786f052c3e9c835e5b3c0fd1a7d6d63d4..51bf2d673a0149b7fc394ac21654ab273c20074a 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h
+++ b/servers/slapd/proto-slap.h
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ LDAP_SLAPD_V( struct slap_control_ids ) slap_cids;
 LDAP_SLAPD_F (void) slap_free_ctrls LDAP_P((
 	Operation *op,
 	LDAPControl **ctrls ));
+LDAP_SLAPD_F (void) slap_free_ctrl_vals LDAP_P((
+	Operation *op,
+	LDAPControl **ctrls ));
 LDAP_SLAPD_F (int) slap_add_ctrls LDAP_P((
 	Operation *op,
 	SlapReply *rs,
diff --git a/servers/slapd/result.c b/servers/slapd/result.c
index f42985f7cd758824cdd5c30451a1d1e596706664..0f1dca9f0aba2471d56972b7da31795ac39e7b3e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/result.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/result.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ clean2:;
 	if ( rs->sr_flags & REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED ) {
 		rs->sr_flags ^= REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED; /* paranoia */
 		if ( rs->sr_ctrls ) {
-			slap_free_ctrls( op, rs->sr_ctrls );
+			slap_free_ctrl_vals( op, rs->sr_ctrls );
 			rs->sr_ctrls = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ error_return:;
 	if ( rs->sr_flags & REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED ) {
 		rs->sr_flags ^= REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED; /* paranoia */
 		if ( rs->sr_ctrls ) {
-			slap_free_ctrls( op, rs->sr_ctrls );
+			slap_free_ctrl_vals( op, rs->sr_ctrls );
 			rs->sr_ctrls = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ rel:
 	if ( rs->sr_flags & REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED ) {
 		rs->sr_flags ^= REP_CTRLS_MUSTBEFREED; /* paranoia */
 		if ( rs->sr_ctrls ) {
-			slap_free_ctrls( op, rs->sr_ctrls );
+			slap_free_ctrl_vals( op, rs->sr_ctrls );
 			rs->sr_ctrls = NULL;
 		}
 	}