diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 509738674a..6d9d221c10 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ return array(
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Events\\UserBackendRegistered' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Events/UserBackendRegistered.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\AttributeNotSet' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Exceptions/AttributeNotSet.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\ConstraintViolationException' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Exceptions/ConstraintViolationException.php',
+    'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NoMoreResults' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Exceptions/NoMoreResults.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NotOnLDAP' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Exceptions/NotOnLDAP.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\FilesystemHelper' => $baseDir . '/../lib/FilesystemHelper.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\GroupPluginManager' => $baseDir . '/../lib/GroupPluginManager.php',
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index fc8b068587..afcda7d781 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInitUser_LDAP
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Events\\UserBackendRegistered' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Events/UserBackendRegistered.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\AttributeNotSet' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Exceptions/AttributeNotSet.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\ConstraintViolationException' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Exceptions/ConstraintViolationException.php',
+        'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NoMoreResults' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Exceptions/NoMoreResults.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NotOnLDAP' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Exceptions/NotOnLDAP.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\FilesystemHelper' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/FilesystemHelper.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\GroupPluginManager' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/GroupPluginManager.php',
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
index d11ca98ece..0b243b8ad5 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ use OC\HintException;
 use OC\Hooks\PublicEmitter;
 use OC\ServerNotAvailableException;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Exceptions\ConstraintViolationException;
+use OCA\User_LDAP\Exceptions\NoMoreResults;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Mapping\AbstractMapping;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Mapping\UserMapping;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\Manager;
@@ -264,7 +265,14 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility {
 	 * @throws ServerNotAvailableException
 	 */
 	public function executeRead($cr, $dn, $attribute, $filter, $maxResults) {
-		$this->initPagedSearch($filter, $dn, [$attribute], $maxResults, 0);
+		try {
+			$this->initPagedSearch($filter, $dn, [$attribute], $maxResults, 0);
+		} catch (NoMoreResults $e) {
+			// does not happen, no pagination here since offset is 0, but the
+			// previous call is needed for a potential reset of the state.
+			// Tools would still point out a possible NoMoreResults exception.
+			return false;
+		}
 		$dn = $this->helper->DNasBaseParameter($dn);
 		$rr = @$this->invokeLDAPMethod('read', $cr, $dn, $filter, [$attribute]);
 		if (!$this->ldap->isResource($rr)) {
@@ -1143,7 +1151,12 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility {
 		}
 
 		//check whether paged search should be attempted
-		$pagedSearchOK = $this->initPagedSearch($filter, $base, $attr, (int)$limit, (int)$offset);
+		try {
+			$pagedSearchOK = $this->initPagedSearch($filter, $base, $attr, (int)$limit, (int)$offset);
+		} catch (NoMoreResults $e) {
+			// beyond last results page
+			return false;
+		}
 
 		$sr = $this->invokeLDAPMethod('search', $cr, $base, $filter, $attr);
 		// cannot use $cr anymore, might have changed in the previous call!
@@ -1996,6 +2009,7 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility {
 	 * @param int $offset
 	 * @return bool|true
 	 * @throws ServerNotAvailableException
+	 * @throws NoMoreResults
 	 */
 	private function initPagedSearch(
 		string $filter,
@@ -2027,7 +2041,7 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility {
 				if (!$this->hasMoreResults()) {
 					// when the cookie is reset with != 0 offset, there are no further
 					// results, so stop.
-					return false;
+					throw new NoMoreResults();
 				}
 			}
 			if ($this->lastCookie !== '' && $offset === 0) {
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Exceptions/NoMoreResults.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Exceptions/NoMoreResults.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf04a155bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Exceptions/NoMoreResults.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2021 Arthur Schiwon <blizzz@arthur-schiwon.de>
+ *
+ * @author Arthur Schiwon <blizzz@arthur-schiwon.de>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\User_LDAP\Exceptions;
+
+class NoMoreResults extends \Exception {
+}