diff --git a/freeradius-ldap-allow-to-connect-on-partially-open-handle.patch b/freeradius-ldap-allow-to-connect-on-partially-open-handle.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41755ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freeradius-ldap-allow-to-connect-on-partially-open-handle.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+From ab6bbcc41293ae745c1607618f88e5404b98d769 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Antonio Torres <antorres@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:29:02 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] ldap: allow to connect on partially open handle
+
+The LDAP library returns a partially open connection. Setting the
+'retry' flag to true during the module inst creation and the pool start
+to 0 allows to connect even if the connection is not completely opened
+yet.
+
+Upstream commit: https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/commit/21d95b268b4cf56e75064898d83123825d673818
+
+Signed-off-by: Antonio Torres <antorres@redhat.com>
+---
+diff --git a/src/modules/rlm_ldap/ldap.c b/src/modules/rlm_ldap/ldap.c
+index f25ee9e2e0..4b6ae44afb 100644
+--- a/src/modules/rlm_ldap/ldap.c
++++ b/src/modules/rlm_ldap/ldap.c
+@@ -717,7 +717,8 @@ ldap_rcode_t rlm_ldap_bind(rlm_ldap_t const *inst, REQUEST *request, ldap_handle
+ 	 *	For sanity, for when no connections are viable,
+ 	 *	and we can't make a new one.
+ 	 */
+-	num = retry ? fr_connection_pool_get_num(inst->pool) : 0;
++	num = 0;
++	if (inst->pool && retry) num = fr_connection_pool_get_num(inst->pool);
+ 	for (i = num; i >= 0; i--) {
+ #ifdef WITH_SASL
+ 		if (sasl && sasl->mech) {
+@@ -758,7 +759,7 @@ ldap_rcode_t rlm_ldap_bind(rlm_ldap_t const *inst, REQUEST *request, ldap_handle
+ 			break;
+ 
+ 		case LDAP_PROC_RETRY:
+-			if (retry) {
++			if (num) {
+ 				*pconn = fr_connection_reconnect(inst->pool, *pconn);
+ 				if (*pconn) {
+ 					LDAP_DBGW_REQ("Bind with %s to %s failed: %s. Got new socket, retrying...",
+@@ -1563,7 +1564,7 @@ void *mod_conn_create(TALLOC_CTX *ctx, void *instance)
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	status = rlm_ldap_bind(inst, NULL, &conn, conn->inst->admin_identity, conn->inst->admin_password,
+-			       &(conn->inst->admin_sasl), false);
++			       &(conn->inst->admin_sasl), true);
+ 	if (status != LDAP_PROC_SUCCESS) {
+ 		goto error;
+ 	}
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/freeradius.spec b/freeradius.spec
index b52eed8..b8d2893 100644
--- a/freeradius.spec
+++ b/freeradius.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: High-performance and highly configurable free RADIUS server
 Name: freeradius
 Version: 3.0.21
-Release: 21%{?dist}
+Release: 22%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 URL: http://www.freeradius.org/
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Patch3: freeradius-bootstrap-create-only.patch
 Patch4: freeradius-no-buildtime-cert-gen.patch
 Patch5: freeradius-bootstrap-make-permissions.patch
 Patch6: freeradius-Fix-resource-hard-limit-error.patch
+Patch7: freeradius-ldap-allow-to-connect-on-partially-open-handle.patch
 
 %global docdir %{?_pkgdocdir}%{!?_pkgdocdir:%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}}
 
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ This plugin provides the REST support for the FreeRADIUS server project.
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 
 %build
 # Force compile/link options, extra security for network facing daemon
@@ -851,6 +853,10 @@ exit 0
 %attr(640,root,radiusd) %config(noreplace) /etc/raddb/mods-available/rest
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 13 2021 Antonio Torres <antorres@redhat.com> - 3.0.21-22
+- Allow to connect to partially open LDAP handle
+  Related: rhbz#1992551
+
 * Mon Sep 27 2021 Antonio Torres <antorres@redhat.com> - 3.0.21-21
 - Move FR's systemd unit PID file from /var/run to /run
   Related: rhbz#2006368