1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5FDmpio.c b/src/H5FDmpio.c
index ab1fbd8..15cc6b8 100644
--- a/src/H5FDmpio.c
+++ b/src/H5FDmpio.c
@@ -1542,6 +1542,9 @@ H5FD_mpio_flush(H5FD_t *_file)
      * Unfortunately, keeping track of EOF is an expensive operation, so
      * we can't just check whether EOF<EOA like with other drivers.
      * Therefore we'll just read the byte at EOA-1 and then write it back. */
+    /* But if eoa is zero, then nothing to flush.  Just return */
+    if (file->eoa == 0)
+	HRETURN(SUCCEED);
     if (haddr_to_MPIOff(file->eoa-1, &mpi_off)<0) {
         HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_BADRANGE, FAIL,
                       "cannot convert from haddr_t to MPI_Offset");