diff -uNr openldap-2.2.29/libraries/libldap/cyrus.c openldap-2.2.29/libraries/libldap/cyrus.c
--- openldap-2.2.29/libraries/libldap/cyrus.c	2005-10-04 15:34:31.000000000 -0400
+++ openldap-2.2.29/libraries/libldap/cyrus.c	2005-11-09 19:00:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -755,10 +755,11 @@
 						"ldap_int_sasl_bind: rc=%d sasl=%d len=%ld\n",
 						rc, saslrc, scred->bv_len );
 #endif
+					rc = ld->ld_errno = LDAP_LOCAL_ERROR;
+					ber_bvfree( scred );
+					goto done;
 				}
 				ber_bvfree( scred );
-				rc = ld->ld_errno = LDAP_LOCAL_ERROR;
-				goto done;
 			}
 			break;
 		}