Changing a Red Hat Directory Server replica role "read only"/hub/master and error "replica id in the state - 65535"

Issue

I modified the configuration of a Red Hat Directory Server instance to change the replica role from, for example, a read only replica / consumer to a hub or a master using the Directory Server console like described in the documentation, Administration Guide in chapter "11.10. Making a Read-Only Replica Updatable".
The initial conversion seem to work, but after the Directory Server instance is restarted, replication is failing with the following error:

[26/Jun/2014:14:22:44 +0100] - _csngen_parse_state: replica id mismatch; current id - 1, replica id in the state - 65535
[26/Jun/2014:14:22:44 +0100] NSMMReplicationPlugin - _replica_init_from_config: failed to create csn generator for replica (cn=replica,cn=dc\5c3Dexample\5c2Cdc\5c3Dcom,cn=mapping tree,cn=config)
[26/Jun/2014:14:22:44 +0100] NSMMReplicationPlugin - Unable to configure replica dc=example,dc=com: failed to create csn generator for replica (cn=replica,cn=dc\5c3Dexample\5c2Cdc\5c3Dcom,cn=mapping tree,cn=config)