diff --git a/src/h5core/h5t_model.c b/src/h5core/h5t_model.c
index 62598c3..5f47c5b 100644
--- a/src/h5core/h5t_model.c
+++ b/src/h5core/h5t_model.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ h5t_close_mesh (
 		                H5_ERR_H5FED,
 		                "Mesh cannot be closed: Mesh is referenced by open tagsets"));
 
-	if (!(m->f->props->mode & H5_O_RDONLY)) {
+	if (!(m->f->props->flags & H5_O_RDONLY)) {
 		TRY (h5tpriv_write_mesh (m));
 	}
 	TRY (hdf5_close_group (m->mesh_gid));