diff --git a/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts b/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts
index eed653663..812c4c622 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/providers/ldap/LDAPProviderForm.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class LDAPProviderFormPage extends ModelForm<LDAPProvider, number> {
                     </option>
                     <option
                         value="${LDAPAPIAccessMode.Direct}"
-                        ?selected=${this.instance?.searchMode === LDAPAPIAccessMode.Direct}
+                        ?selected=${this.instance?.bindMode === LDAPAPIAccessMode.Direct}
                     >
                         ${t`Direct querying, always execute the configured bind flow to authenticate the user.`}
                     </option>