diff --git a/libhdf5/nc4hdf.c b/libhdf5/nc4hdf.c
index 7e6a91d17..fa35b0418 100644
--- a/libhdf5/nc4hdf.c
+++ b/libhdf5/nc4hdf.c
@@ -4374,7 +4374,7 @@ NC4_walk(hid_t gid, int* countp)
  * @returns ::NC_EMPI MPI library error (parallel only)
  * @returns ::NC_ECANTEXTEND Can't extend dimension for write.
  * @returns ::NC_ERANGE Data conversion error.
- * @author Ed Hartnett
+ * @author Ed Hartnett, Dennis Heimbigner
  */
 int
 nc4_put_vars(NC *nc, int ncid, int varid, const size_t *startp,
@@ -4703,7 +4703,7 @@ exit:
  * @returns ::NC_EMPI MPI library error (parallel only)
  * @returns ::NC_ECANTEXTEND Can't extend dimension for write.
  * @returns ::NC_ERANGE Data conversion error.
- * @author Ed Hartnett
+ * @author Ed Hartnett, Dennis Heimbigner
  */
 int
 nc4_get_vars(NC *nc, int ncid, int varid, const size_t *startp,
diff --git a/libsrc4/nc4var.c b/libsrc4/nc4var.c
index 6ef3f4962..ceee0f8d7 100644
--- a/libsrc4/nc4var.c
+++ b/libsrc4/nc4var.c
@@ -1673,7 +1673,8 @@ NC4_put_vara(int ncid, int varid, const size_t *startp,
    if (!(nc = nc4_find_nc_file(ncid, NULL)))
       return NC_EBADID;
 
-   return nc4_put_vara(nc, ncid, varid, startp, countp, memtype, 0, (void *)op);
+   return nc4_put_vars(nc, ncid, varid, startp, countp, NULL, memtype,
+                       (void *)op);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1705,8 +1706,8 @@ NC4_get_vara(int ncid, int varid, const size_t *startp,
       return NC_EBADID;
 
    /* Get the data. */
-   return nc4_get_vara(nc, ncid, varid, startp, countp, memtype,
-                       0, (void *)ip);
+   return nc4_get_vars(nc, ncid, varid, startp, countp, NULL, memtype,
+                      (void *)ip);
 }
 
 /**