diff --git a/lib/ldb-samba/ldb_ildap.c b/lib/ldb-samba/ldb_ildap.c
index 65f11dba018..541971f63de 100644
--- a/lib/ldb-samba/ldb_ildap.c
+++ b/lib/ldb-samba/ldb_ildap.c
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ static int ildb_connect(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *url,
 	return LDB_SUCCESS;
 
 failed:
+	ldb_set_errstring(ldb, ldap_errstr(ildb->ldap, module, status));
 	talloc_free(module);
 	if (NT_STATUS_IS_LDAP(status)) {
 		return NT_STATUS_LDAP_CODE(status);