2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5File.cpp b/c++/src/H5File.cpp
index aca787a..a368544 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5File.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5File.cpp
@@ -492,10 +492,11 @@ hid_t H5File::getLocId() const
 ///		order to learn the true size of the underlying file.
 // Programmer   Raymond Lu - June 24, 2004
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-haddr_t H5File::getFileSize(void) const
+hsize_t H5File::getFileSize() const
 {
-   haddr_t file_size = H5Fget_filesize(id);
-   if( file_size < 0 )
+   hsize_t file_size;
+   herr_t ret_value = H5Fget_filesize(id, &file_size);
+   if (ret_value < 0)
    {
       throw FileIException("H5File::getFileSize", "H5Fget_filesize failed");
    }
diff --git a/c++/src/H5File.h b/c++/src/H5File.h
index a6f40dd..900681e 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5File.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5File.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class H5_DLLCPP H5File : public IdComponent, public CommonFG {
 	DataSpace getRegion(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_DATASET_REGION) const;
 
         // Retrieves the file size of an opened file.
-        haddr_t getFileSize() const;
+        hsize_t getFileSize() const;
 
 	// Reopens this file.
 	void reopen();