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diff --git a/src/H5Fsuper.c b/src/H5Fsuper.c
index 70e0954..69c7a8d 100644
--- a/src/H5Fsuper.c
+++ b/src/H5Fsuper.c
@@ -466,6 +466,16 @@ H5F_super_read(H5F_t *f, hid_t dxpl_id, H5G_loc_t *root_loc)
if(H5FD_sb_decode(lf, drv_name, p) < 0)
HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_FILE, H5E_CANTOPENFILE, FAIL, "unable to decode driver information")
} /* end if */
+ else
+ /* This flag is false only if a file was created with v1.6 library or
+ * before and no driver info was saved in the superblock. When the file is
+ * closed and superblock is written to the file, v1.8 library or after
+ * doesn't write the driver info in the superblock. Otherwise, the newly
+ * added driver block will overwrite the (meta)data right after the
+ * superblock. SLU - 2009/3/24
+ */
+ shared->write_driver = FALSE;
+
} /* end if */
else {
haddr_t root_addr; /* Address of root group */
@@ -934,7 +944,7 @@ H5F_super_write(H5F_t *f, hid_t dxpl_id)
/* Encode the driver information block. */
H5_ASSIGN_OVERFLOW(driver_size, H5FD_sb_size(f->shared->lf), hsize_t, size_t);
- if(driver_size > 0) {
+ if(driver_size > 0 && f->shared->write_driver) {
char driver_name[9]; /* Name of driver, for driver info block */
uint8_t *dbuf = p; /* Pointer to beginning of driver info */