opendj-server-legacy/src/main/java/org/opends/server/backends/pluggable/VLVIndex.java
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ throw new ConfigException(ERR_CONFIG_VLV_INDEX_UNDEFINED_ATTR.get(sortKeys[i], getName())); } final AttributeType attrType = DirectoryServer.getAttributeType(sortAttrs[i].toLowerCase()); final AttributeType attrType = DirectoryServer.getAttributeTypeOrNull(sortAttrs[i].toLowerCase()); if (attrType == null) { throw new ConfigException(ERR_CONFIG_VLV_INDEX_UNDEFINED_ATTR.get(sortAttrs[i], getName()));