diff --git a/lib/ldap b/lib/ldap
index b0195db258..66c2afc4d5 100644
--- a/lib/ldap
+++ b/lib/ldap
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ function init_ldap {
 
     # Remove data but not schemas
     clear_ldap_state
+    if is_ubuntu; then
+        # a bug in OpenLDAP 2.6.7+
+        # (https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10336) causes slapd crash
+        # after deleting nonexisting tree. It is fixed upstream, but Ubuntu is
+        # still not having a fix in Noble. Try temporarily simly restarting the
+        # process.
+        sudo service $LDAP_SERVICE_NAME restart
+    fi
 
     # Add our top level ldap nodes
     if ldapsearch -x -w $LDAP_PASSWORD -D "$LDAP_MANAGER_DN" -H $LDAP_URL -b "$LDAP_BASE_DN" | grep -q "Success"; then