return rc;
 }
 
+static struct berval generic_filterstr = BER_BVC("(objectclass=*)");
+
 /* During a refresh, we may get an LDAP_SYNC_ADD for an already existing
  * entry if a previous refresh was interrupted before sending us a new
  * context state. We try to compare the new entry to the existing entry
                        /* if an entry was added via syncrepl_add_glue(),
                         * it likely has no entryUUID, so the previous
                         * be_search() doesn't find it.  In this case,
-                        * give syncrepl a chance to modify it. */
+                        * give syncrepl a chance to modify it. Also
+                        * allow for entries that were recreated with the
+                        * same DN but a different entryUUID.
+                        */
                        case LDAP_ALREADY_EXISTS:
                                if ( retry ) {
                                        Operation       op2 = *op;
                                        slap_callback   cb2 = { 0 };
 
                                        op2.o_tag = LDAP_REQ_SEARCH;
-                                       ber_dupbv_x( &op2.o_req_dn,
-                                               &entry->e_name,
-                                               op2.o_tmpmemctx );
-                                       ber_dupbv_x( &op2.o_req_ndn,
-                                               &entry->e_nname,
-                                               op2.o_tmpmemctx );
+                                       op2.o_req_dn = entry->e_name;
+                                       op2.o_req_ndn = entry->e_nname;
                                        op2.ors_scope = LDAP_SCOPE_BASE;
                                        op2.ors_attrs = slap_anlist_all_attributes;
                                        op2.ors_attrsonly = 0;
                                        op2.ors_slimit = 1;
                                        op2.ors_tlimit = SLAP_NO_LIMIT;
 
-                                       f.f_choice = LDAP_FILTER_EQUALITY;
-                                       f.f_ava = &ava;
-                                       ava.aa_desc = slap_schema.si_ad_objectClass;
-                                       ber_dupbv_x( &ava.aa_value,
-                                               &slap_schema.si_oc_glue->soc_cname,
-                                               op2.o_tmpmemctx );
+                                       f.f_choice = LDAP_FILTER_PRESENT;
+                                       f.f_desc = slap_schema.si_ad_objectClass;
                                        op2.ors_filter = &f;
-                                       filter2bv_x( &op2, op2.ors_filter,
-                                                       &op2.ors_filterstr );
+                                       op2.ors_filterstr = generic_filterstr;
 
                                        op2.o_callback = &cb2;
                                        cb2.sc_response = dn_callback;
 
                                        be->be_search( &op2, &rs2 );
 
-                                       op2.o_tmpfree( op2.o_req_dn.bv_val,
-                                               op2.o_tmpmemctx );
-                                       op2.o_tmpfree( op2.o_req_ndn.bv_val,
-                                               op2.o_tmpmemctx );
-                                       op2.o_tmpfree( ava.aa_value.bv_val,
-                                               op2.o_tmpmemctx );
-                                       op2.o_tmpfree( op2.ors_filterstr.bv_val,
-                                               op2.o_tmpmemctx );
-
                                        retry = 0;
                                        goto retry_add;
                                }