diff --git a/src/quit.f90 b/src/quit.f90
index 1583a20ff..4395aa24d 100644
--- a/src/quit.f90
+++ b/src/quit.f90
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ subroutine quit(stop_id)
 
 
   call h5open_f(err_HDF5)                                                                           ! prevents error if not opened yet
-  if (err_HDF5 /= 0) write(ERROR_UNIT,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5open_f ',err_HDF5
+  if (err_HDF5 < 0) write(ERROR_UNIT,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5open_f ',err_HDF5
   call h5close_f(err_HDF5)
-  if (err_HDF5 /= 0) write(ERROR_UNIT,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5close_f ',err_HDF5
+  if (err_HDF5 < 0) write(ERROR_UNIT,'(a,i5)') ' Error in h5close_f ',err_HDF5
 
   call PetscFinalize(err_PETSc)