opendj3/opendj-ldap-toolkit/src/main/java/com/forgerock/opendj/ldap/tools/LDAPCompare.java
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ if (nextChar == ':') { final String base64 = remainder.substring(1, remainder.length()); try { attributeVal = ByteString.valueOfBase64String(base64); attributeVal = ByteString.valueOfBase64(base64); } catch (final LocalizedIllegalArgumentException e) { println(INFO_COMPARE_CANNOT_BASE64_DECODE_ASSERTION_VALUE.get()); return ResultCode.CLIENT_SIDE_PARAM_ERROR.intValue();