1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5S.c b/src/H5S.c
index dd6ff5c..771ccba 100644
--- a/src/H5S.c
+++ b/src/H5S.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ H5Screate_simple(int rank, const hsize_t *dims, const hsize_t *maxdims)
     else /* rank==0, for scalar data space */
       {
         ds->type = H5S_SCALAR;
+        ds->u.simple.rank = 0;
       } /* end else */
     
     /* Register the new data space and get an ID for it */