diff --git a/src/views/users.html b/src/views/users.html
index e04390e66..4abb6ffc9 100644
--- a/src/views/users.html
+++ b/src/views/users.html
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@
         <h4 class="modal-title">Configure LDAP</h4>
       </div>
       <div class="modal-body">
+        <p class="has-error text-center" ng-show="externalLdap.error.generic">{{ externalLdap.error.generic }}</p>
+
         <div class="form-group">
           <label class="control-label" for="ldapProvider">LDAP provider <sup><a ng-href="{{ config.webServerOrigin }}/documentation/user-management/#external-ldap" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></label>
           <select class="form-control" id="ldapProvider" ng-model="externalLdap.provider" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in ldapProvider"></select>
@@ -290,8 +292,6 @@
         <div uib-collapse="externalLdap.provider === 'noop'">
           <form name="externalLdapConfigForm" role="form" novalidate ng-submit="externalLdap.submit()" autocomplete="off">
             <fieldset>
-              <p class="has-error text-center" ng-show="externalLdap.error.generic">{{ externalLdap.error.generic }}</p>
-
               <!-- avoid browsers to attempt an autofill for bindDN/bindPassword -->
               <input type="password" style="display: none;">