diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java
index d287493b8ac..aa98a1037fd 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
             long nextPointer = index < allOffsets.length ? allOffsets[index] : 0;
 
             saver.overwriteIFDOffset(in, allOffsets[mainIFDIndex], nextPointer);
-            saver.overwriteIFDValue(in, currentFullResolution, IFD.SUB_IFD, subIFDOffsets);
+            saver.overwriteIFDValue(in, allOffsets[mainIFDIndex], IFD.SUB_IFD, subIFDOffsets, true);
           }
 
           mainIFDIndex++;