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-rw-r--r--src/H5VLiod.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5VLiod.c b/src/H5VLiod.c
index 444bb79..56d5297 100644
--- a/src/H5VLiod.c
+++ b/src/H5VLiod.c
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ H5VL_iod_dataset_create(void *_obj, H5VL_loc_params_t UNUSED loc_params,
done:
/* If the operation is synchronous and it failed at the server, or
it failed locally, then cleanup and return fail */
- if(NULL == ret_value) {
+ if(dset != NULL && NULL == ret_value) {
if(name && dset->common.obj_name) {
HDfree(dset->common.obj_name);
dset->common.obj_name = NULL;