1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Dsingle.c b/src/H5Dsingle.c
index 50cf6a1..b93523a 100644
--- a/src/H5Dsingle.c
+++ b/src/H5Dsingle.c
@@ -125,8 +125,14 @@ H5D__single_idx_init(const H5D_chk_idx_info_t *idx_info, const H5S_t H5_ATTR_UNU
     HDassert(idx_info->layout);
     HDassert(idx_info->storage);
 
-    if (idx_info->pline->nused)
+    if (idx_info->pline->nused) {
         idx_info->layout->flags |= H5O_LAYOUT_CHUNK_SINGLE_INDEX_WITH_FILTER;
+
+        if (!H5F_addr_defined(idx_info->storage->idx_addr)) {
+            idx_info->storage->u.single.nbytes      = 0;
+            idx_info->storage->u.single.filter_mask = 0;
+        }
+    }
     else
         idx_info->layout->flags = 0;