diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index c916e8e..9bc4b15 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -423,7 +423,17 @@ function Server(options) {
     c.on('data', function(data) {
       if (log.isTraceEnabled())
         log.trace('data on %s: %s', c.ldap.id, util.inspect(data));
-      c.parser.write(data);
+
+      try {
+	c.parser.write(data);
+      } catch (e) {
+	log.warn('Unable to parse message [c.on(\'data\')]: %s', e.stack);
+	c.end(new LDAPResult({
+	  status: 0x02,
+	  errorMessage: e.toString(),
+	  connection: c
+	}).toBer());
+      }
     });
 
   }; // end newConnection