diff --git a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PreMeshInfo.cxx b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PreMeshInfo.cxx
index 989de27e6..f479f4866 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PreMeshInfo.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PreMeshInfo.cxx
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ bool SMESH_PreMeshInfo::readPreInfoFromHDF()
                                                mapOfNames );
       }
     }
+	infoHdfGroup->CloseOnDisk();
   }
 
   aFile->CloseOnDisk();