diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c
index 5c1205561580a020120076c80681062885b853d3..47e0941cba60303c4b5835dd6ded28217701f335 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/bind.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ldap_back_bind( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 	rc = ldap_back_op_result( lc, op, rs, msgid, 1 );
 
 	if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
-#ifdef LDAP_BACK_PROXY_AUTHZ
+#if defined(LDAP_BACK_PROXY_AUTHZ)
 		if ( li->idassert_flags & LDAP_BACK_AUTH_OVERRIDE ) {
 			ldap_back_proxy_authz_bind( lc, op, rs );
 			if ( lc->lc_bound == 0 ) {
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/config.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/config.c
index 2426443b98e226ec9ab8622d31282d633d32a972..f80d7d0d2518ca80f2f93ef57905a8a671df4db0 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/config.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/config.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ ldap_back_db_config(
 		if ( li->url != NULL ) {
 			ch_free( li->url );
 		}
+
 		l = strlen( argv[1] ) + STRLENOF( "ldap:///") + 1;
 		li->url = ch_calloc( l, sizeof( char ) );
 		if ( li->url == NULL ) {
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c
index 5a06904f118286c8ade0576e2b40e6f16420e588..e57190c2e21192e60e855b6f891d08a35a00c1cc 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldap/init.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ ldap_back_db_open( BackendDB *be )
 	struct ldapinfo	*li = (struct ldapinfo *)be->be_private;
 
 	Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,
-		"ldap_back_db_open: URI=%s\n", li->url, 0, 0 );
+		"ldap_back_db_open: URI=%s\n",
+		li->url != NULL ? li->url : "", 0, 0 );
 
 #ifdef LDAP_BACK_PROXY_AUTHZ
 	/* by default, use proxyAuthz control on each operation */
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ ldap_back_db_destroy(
 
 		ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock( &li->conn_mutex );
 
-		if ( li->url ) {
+		if ( li->url != NULL ) {
 			ch_free( li->url );
 			li->url = NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c
index b9b52c9b03b6508606823c0f23c58c84a1402d32..67285793ffe24cc3f9caffc4397c24f077b79d36 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/database.c
@@ -344,12 +344,14 @@ monitor_subsys_database_init(
 
 #if defined(SLAPD_LDAP) 
 		if ( strcmp( bi->bi_type, "ldap" ) == 0 ) {
-			struct ldapinfo		*li = (struct ldapinfo *)be->be_private;
+			struct ldapinfo		*li =
+				(struct ldapinfo *)be->be_private;
 			struct berval		bv;
 
-			bv.bv_val = li->url;
-			bv.bv_len = strlen( bv.bv_val );
-			attr_merge_normalize_one( e, slap_schema.si_ad_labeledURI,
+			ber_str2bv( li->url, 0, 0, &bv );
+
+			attr_merge_normalize_one( e,
+					slap_schema.si_ad_labeledURI,
 					&bv, NULL );
 		}
 #endif /* defined(SLAPD_LDAP) */