diff --git a/pkg/services/multildap/multildap.go b/pkg/services/multildap/multildap.go
index d2560d07e93..07c19b19fd5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/multildap/multildap.go
+++ b/pkg/services/multildap/multildap.go
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ var newLDAP = ldap.New
 // ErrInvalidCredentials is returned if username and password do not match
 var ErrInvalidCredentials = ldap.ErrInvalidCredentials
 
+// ErrCouldNotFindUser is returned when username hasn't been found (not username+password)
+var ErrCouldNotFindUser = ldap.ErrCouldNotFindUser
+
 // ErrNoLDAPServers is returned when there is no LDAP servers specified
 var ErrNoLDAPServers = errors.New("No LDAP servers are configured")
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ func (multiples *MultiLDAP) Login(query *models.LoginUserQuery) (
 		}
 
 		// Continue if we couldn't find the user
-		if err == ErrInvalidCredentials {
+		if err == ErrCouldNotFindUser {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/multildap/multildap_test.go b/pkg/services/multildap/multildap_test.go
index f1ab230619e..03951122e2b 100644
--- a/pkg/services/multildap/multildap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/multildap/multildap_test.go
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ func TestMultiLDAP(t *testing.T) {
 				teardown()
 			})
 
-			Convey("Should still call a second error for invalid cred error", func() {
+			Convey("Should still call a second error for invalid not found error", func() {
 				mock := setup()
 
-				mock.loginErrReturn = ErrInvalidCredentials
+				mock.loginErrReturn = ErrCouldNotFindUser
 
 				multi := New([]*ldap.ServerConfig{
 					{}, {},