opends/src/server/org/opends/server/backends/jeb/AttributeIndex.java
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ if (filter.getSubInitialElement() != null) { // Use the equality index for initial substrings if possible. if (equalityIndex != null) if ((equalityIndex != null) && (matchRule != null)) { ByteString normValue = matchRule.normalizeSubstring(filter.getSubInitialElement());