diff --git a/user_mgr.cpp b/user_mgr.cpp
index f4a90ec..e085b28 100644
--- a/user_mgr.cpp
+++ b/user_mgr.cpp
@@ -1302,11 +1302,16 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (userPrivilege.empty())
+            if (!userPrivilege.empty())
             {
-                log<level::ERR>("LDAP group privilege mapping does not exist");
+                userInfo.emplace("UserPrivilege", userPrivilege);
             }
-            userInfo.emplace("UserPrivilege", userPrivilege);
+            else
+            {
+                log<level::WARNING>("LDAP group privilege mapping does not "
+                                    "exist, default \"priv-user\" is used");
+                userInfo.emplace("UserPrivilege", "priv-user");
+            }
         }
         catch (const std::bad_variant_access& e)
         {