op->o_time = slap_get_time();
        op->ors_tlimit = SLAP_NO_LIMIT;
        op->ors_slimit = 1;
+       op->ors_limit = NULL;
 
        op->ors_attrs = slap_anlist_all_attributes;
        op->ors_attrsonly = 0;
        dni.new_entry = entry;
        dni.modlist = modlist;
 
-       if ( limits_check( op, &rs_search ) == 0 ) {
-               rc = be->be_search( op, &rs_search );
-               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_SYNC,
-                               "syncrepl_entry: %s be_search (%d)\n", 
-                               si->si_ridtxt, rc, 0 );
-       }
+       rc = be->be_search( op, &rs_search );
+       Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_SYNC,
+                       "syncrepl_entry: %s be_search (%d)\n", 
+                       si->si_ridtxt, rc, 0 );
 
        if ( !BER_BVISNULL( &op->ors_filterstr ) ) {
                slap_sl_free( op->ors_filterstr.bv_val, op->o_tmpmemctx );
                an[0].an_desc = slap_schema.si_ad_entryUUID;
                op->ors_attrs = an;
                op->ors_slimit = SLAP_NO_LIMIT;
+               op->ors_tlimit = SLAP_NO_LIMIT;
+               op->ors_limit = NULL;
                op->ors_attrsonly = 0;
                op->ors_filter = str2filter_x( op, si->si_filterstr.bv_val );
                /* In multimaster, updates can continue to arrive while
                }
                op->o_nocaching = 1;
 
-               if ( limits_check( op, &rs_search ) == 0 ) {
-                       rc = be->be_search( op, &rs_search );
-               }
+
+               rc = be->be_search( op, &rs_search );
                if ( SLAP_MULTIMASTER( op->o_bd )) {
                        op->ors_filter = of;
                }
                                         * stays co-located with the other mod opattrs. But only
                                         * if we know there are other valid mods.
                                         */
-                                       if ( old->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_modifiersName &&
-                                               dni->mods )
+                                       if ( dni->mods && ( old->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_modifiersName ||
+                                               old->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_modifyTimestamp ))
                                                attr_cmp( op, NULL, new, &modtail, &ml );
                                        else
                                                attr_cmp( op, old, new, &modtail, &ml );