1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5S.c b/src/H5S.c
index b311117..8e1e67f 100644
--- a/src/H5S.c
+++ b/src/H5S.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ H5S_find (const H5S_t *mem_space, const H5S_t *file_space)
     c1=H5S_select_contiguous(file_space);
     c2=H5S_select_contiguous(mem_space);
     if(c1==FAIL || c2==FAIL)
-	HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_DATASPACE, H5E_INTERNAL, NULL,
+        HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_DATASPACE, H5E_BADRANGE, NULL,
 		      "invalid check for contiguous dataspace ");
 
     if (c1==TRUE && c2==TRUE) {