diff --git a/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php b/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php
index 213e43f29f..e61a44343c 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authldap/auth.php
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ protected function fetchUserData($user, $inbind = false)
 
         $this->debug('LDAP Filter: ' . hsc($filter), 0, __LINE__, __FILE__);
 
-        $this->debug('LDAP user search: ' . hsc(ldap_error($this->con)), 0, __LINE__, __FILE__);
         $this->debug('LDAP search at: ' . hsc($base . ' ' . $filter), 0, __LINE__, __FILE__);
         $sr = $this->ldapSearch($this->con, $base, $filter, $this->getConf('userscope'), $this->getConf('attributes'));
+        $this->debug('LDAP user search: ' . hsc(ldap_error($this->con)), 0, __LINE__, __FILE__);
         if ($sr === false) {
             $this->debug('User ldap_search failed. Check configuration.', 0, __LINE__, __FILE__);
             return false;