diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-meta/compare.c b/servers/slapd/back-meta/compare.c
index fd009c57dc..b68f8c70be 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-meta/compare.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-meta/compare.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ meta_back_compare(
 	for ( i = 0, lsc = lc->conns; lsc[ 0 ] != NULL; ++i, ++lsc ) {
 		char *mdn = NULL;
 		char *mapped_attr = ava->aa_desc->ad_cname.bv_val;
-		char *mapped_value = ava->aa_value->bv_val;
+		char *mapped_value = ava->aa_value.bv_val;
 
 		if ( lsc[ 0 ]->candidate != META_CANDIDATE ) {
 			continue;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ meta_back_compare(
 		if ( ava->aa_desc->ad_type->sat_oid 
 			== slap_schema.si_ad_objectClass->ad_type->sat_oid ) {
 			mapped_value = ldap_back_map( &li->targets[ i ]->oc_map,
-					ava->aa_value->bv_val, 0 );
+					ava->aa_value.bv_val, 0 );
 
 			if ( mapped_value == NULL ) {
 				lsc[ 0 ]->candidate = META_NOT_CANDIDATE;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ meta_back_compare(
 		if ( mapped_attr != ava->aa_desc->ad_cname.bv_val ) {
 			free( mapped_attr );
 		}
-		if ( mapped_value != ava->aa_value->bv_val ) {
+		if ( mapped_value != ava->aa_value.bv_val ) {
 			free( mapped_value );
 		}
 
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/compare.c b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/compare.c
index b615f18f50..e3b075e742 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/compare.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/compare.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ monitor_back_compare(
 	}
 
 	rc = access_allowed( be, conn, op, e, ava->aa_desc, 
-			ava->aa_value, ACL_COMPARE );
+			&ava->aa_value, ACL_COMPARE );
 	if ( !rc ) {
 		send_ldap_result( conn, op, LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS,
 				NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ monitor_back_compare(
 			a = attrs_find( a->a_next, ava->aa_desc )) {
 		rc = LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE;
 
-		if ( value_find( ava->aa_desc, a->a_vals, ava->aa_value ) == 0 ) {
+		if ( value_find( ava->aa_desc, a->a_vals, &ava->aa_value ) == 0 ) {
 			rc = LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE;
 			break;
 		}