1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5O.c b/src/H5O.c
index d090df0..ddc23ab 100644
--- a/src/H5O.c
+++ b/src/H5O.c
@@ -2274,7 +2274,8 @@ H5O_get_info(H5O_loc_t *oloc, hid_t dxpl_id, hbool_t want_ih_info, H5O_info_t *o
     HDassert(oinfo);
 
     /* Get the object header */
-    if(NULL == (oh = H5AC_protect(oloc->file, dxpl_id, H5AC_OHDR, oloc->addr, NULL, NULL, H5AC_READ)))
+    if(NULL == (oh = H5AC_protect(oloc->file, dxpl_id, H5AC_OHDR, oloc->addr, NULL, NULL,
+        (H5F_get_intent(oloc->file) & H5F_ACC_RDWR) ? H5AC_WRITE : H5AC_READ)))
 	HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_OHDR, H5E_CANTLOAD, FAIL, "unable to load object header")
 
     /* Reset the object info structure */