diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/InternalWorkbook.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/InternalWorkbook.java
index eb232c6ecf..8ddb368e0a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/InternalWorkbook.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/InternalWorkbook.java
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ public final class InternalWorkbook {
         records.add(new InterfaceHdrRecord(CODEPAGE));
         records.add(createMMS());
         records.add(InterfaceEndRecord.instance);
-        records.add(createWriteAccess());
+        // store the write-access record at the proper position
+        retval.getWriteAccess();
         records.add(createCodepage());
         records.add(createDSF());
         records.add(createTabId());
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/TestWorkbook.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/TestWorkbook.java
index 996f450922..bc8db67c85 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/TestWorkbook.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/TestWorkbook.java
@@ -154,4 +154,22 @@ public final class TestWorkbook {
 
         wb.close();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWriteAccess() {
+        HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook();
+        InternalWorkbook iwb = TestHSSFWorkbook.getInternalWorkbook(wb);
+
+        int oldRecordsCount = iwb.getNumRecords();
+        //System.out.println("records count = " + oldRecordsCount);
+        assertEquals("records count", 68, oldRecordsCount);
+
+        WriteAccessRecord writeAccess = iwb.getWriteAccess();
+        assertNotNull(writeAccess);
+        assertEquals(WriteAccessRecord.sid, writeAccess.getSid());
+
+        int newRecordsCount = iwb.getNumRecords();
+        //System.out.println("records count after 'getWriteAccess' = " + newRecordsCount);
+        assertEquals("records count after getWriteAccess", oldRecordsCount, newRecordsCount);
+    }
 }