diff --git a/auth-ldap/authentication.php b/auth-ldap/authentication.php
index 34d78ea..ce2b121 100644
--- a/auth-ldap/authentication.php
+++ b/auth-ldap/authentication.php
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ function getConnection($force_reconnect=false) {
         foreach ($this->getServers() as $s) {
             $params = $defaults + $s;
             $c = new Net_LDAP2($params);
-            $r = $c->bind();
-            if (!PEAR::isError($r)) {
+            if ($this->_bind($c)) {
                 $connection = $c;
                 return $c;
             }