--- servers/slapd/filter.c	2007/10/05 07:49:47	1.145
+++ servers/slapd/filter.c	2007/11/07 03:02:21	1.146
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* filter.c - routines for parsing and dealing with filters */
-/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/filter.c,v 1.144 2007/10/05 06:34:03 ando Exp $ */
+/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/filter.c,v 1.145 2007/10/05 07:49:47 ando Exp $ */
 /* This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
  *
  * Copyright 1998-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ filter2bv_x( Operation *op, Filter *f, s
 
 simple:
 		value = f->f_av_value;
-		if ( f->f_av_desc->ad_type->sat_equality->smr_usage & SLAP_MR_MUTATION_NORMALIZER ) {
+		if ( f->f_av_desc->ad_type->sat_equality &&
+			f->f_av_desc->ad_type->sat_equality->smr_usage & SLAP_MR_MUTATION_NORMALIZER ) {
 			f->f_av_desc->ad_type->sat_equality->smr_normalize(
 				(SLAP_MR_DENORMALIZE|SLAP_MR_VALUE_OF_ASSERTION_SYNTAX),
 				NULL, NULL, &f->f_av_value, &value, op->o_tmpmemctx );