diff --git a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom.h b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom.h
index d4c851169..421f6c6ea 100644
--- a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom.h
+++ b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct extdom_req {
             gid_t gid;
         } posix_gid;
     } data;
+    char *err_msg;
 };
 
 struct extdom_res {
diff --git a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_common.c b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_common.c
index 47bcb179f..c2fd42f13 100644
--- a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_common.c
+++ b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_common.c
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ void free_req_data(struct extdom_req *req)
         break;
     }
 
+    free(req->err_msg);
     free(req);
 }
 
diff --git a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_extop.c b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_extop.c
index dc7785877..708d0e4a2 100644
--- a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_extop.c
+++ b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-extdom-extop/ipa_extdom_extop.c
@@ -149,12 +149,15 @@ static int ipa_extdom_extop(Slapi_PBlock *pb)
     rc = LDAP_SUCCESS;
 
 done:
-    free_req_data(req);
+    if (req->err_msg != NULL) {
+        err_msg = req->err_msg;
+    }
     if (err_msg != NULL) {
         LOG("%s", err_msg);
     }
     slapi_send_ldap_result(pb, rc, NULL, err_msg, 0, NULL);
     ber_bvfree(ret_val);
+    free_req_data(req);
     return SLAPI_PLUGIN_EXTENDED_SENT_RESULT;
 }