{ BER_BVNULL, 0 }
 };
 
+int
+slapd_str2scope( char *str )
+{
+       int i;
+       for ( i = 0; !BER_BVISNULL(&scopes[i].key); i++ ) {
+               if (!strcasecmp( str, scopes[i].key.bv_val ) ) {
+                       return scopes[i].val;
+               }
+       }
+       return -1;
+}
+
+struct berval *
+slapd_scope2bv( int scope )
+{
+       int i;
+       for (i=0; !BER_BVISNULL(&scopes[i].key);i++) {
+               if ( scope == scopes[i].val )
+                       return &scopes[i].key;
+       }
+       return NULL;
+}
+
 static int
 parse_syncrepl_retry(
        ConfigArgs      *c,
                {
                        int j;
                        val = c->argv[ i ] + STRLENOF( SCOPESTR "=" );
-                       for ( j = 0; !BER_BVISNULL(&scopes[j].key); j++ ) {
-                               if (!strcasecmp( val, scopes[j].key.bv_val ) ) {
-                                       si->si_scope = scopes[j].val;
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       if ( BER_BVISNULL(&scopes[j].key) ) {
+                       j = slapd_str2scope( val );
+                       if ( j < 0 ) {
                                snprintf( c->cr_msg, sizeof( c->cr_msg ),
                                        "Error: parse_syncrepl_line: "
                                        "unknown scope \"%s\"", val);
                                Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s: %s.\n", c->log, c->cr_msg, 0 );
                                return -1;
                        }
+                       si->si_scope = j;
                        si->si_got |= GOT_SCOPE;
                } else if ( !strncasecmp( c->argv[ i ], ATTRSONLYSTR,
                                        STRLENOF( ATTRSONLYSTR ) ) )
 static void
 syncrepl_unparse( syncinfo_t *si, struct berval *bv )
 {
-       struct berval bc, uri;
+       struct berval bc, uri, *bs;
        char buf[BUFSIZ*2], *ptr;
        ber_len_t len;
        int i;
                ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, si->si_logbase.bv_val );
                *ptr++ = '"';
        }
-       for (i=0; !BER_BVISNULL(&scopes[i].key);i++) {
-               if ( si->si_scope == scopes[i].val ) {
-                       if ( WHATSLEFT <= STRLENOF( " " SCOPESTR "=" ) + scopes[i].key.bv_len ) return;
-                       ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, " " SCOPESTR "=" );
-                       ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, scopes[i].key.bv_val );
-                       break;
-               }
+       bs = slapd_scope2bv( si->si_scope );
+       if ( bs ) {
+               if ( WHATSLEFT <= STRLENOF( " " SCOPESTR "=" ) + bs->bv_len ) return;
+               ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, " " SCOPESTR "=" );
+               ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, bs->bv_val );
        }
        if ( si->si_attrsonly ) {
                if ( WHATSLEFT <= STRLENOF( " " ATTRSONLYSTR "=\"" "\"" ) ) return;