goto return_results;
        }
 
+       if ( get_assert( op ) &&
+               ( test_filter( op, op->ora_e, get_assertion( op )) != LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE ))
+       {
+               rs->sr_err = LDAP_ASSERTION_FAILED;
+               goto return_results;
+       }
+
        subentry = is_entry_subentry( op->oq_add.rs_e );
 
        /* Get our reader TXN */
 
 static struct slap_control control_defs[] = {
        {  LDAP_CONTROL_ASSERT,
                (int)offsetof(struct slap_control_ids, sc_assert),
-               SLAP_CTRL_DELETE|SLAP_CTRL_MODIFY|SLAP_CTRL_RENAME|
-                       SLAP_CTRL_COMPARE|SLAP_CTRL_SEARCH,
+               SLAP_CTRL_UPDATE|SLAP_CTRL_COMPARE|SLAP_CTRL_SEARCH,
                NULL, NULL,
                parseAssert, LDAP_SLIST_ENTRY_INITIALIZER(next) },
        { LDAP_CONTROL_PRE_READ,