diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn.c b/src/obidmscolumn.c
index 3a8b689..4e205e4 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn.c
@@ -587,16 +587,19 @@ OBIDMS_column_p obi_create_column(OBIDMS_p    dms,
 	}
 
 	// Build the indexer name if needed
-	if (((data_type == OBI_STR) || (data_type == OBI_SEQ)) && (strcmp(indexer_name, "") == 0))
+	if ((data_type == OBI_STR) || (data_type == OBI_SEQ))
 	{
-		final_indexer_name = obi_build_indexer_name(column_name, version_number);
-		if (final_indexer_name == NULL)
-			return NULL;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		final_indexer_name = (char*) malloc((strlen(indexer_name)+1)*sizeof(char));
-		strcpy(final_indexer_name, indexer_name);
+		if (strcmp(indexer_name, "") == 0)
+		{
+			final_indexer_name = obi_build_indexer_name(column_name, version_number);
+			if (final_indexer_name == NULL)
+				return NULL;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			final_indexer_name = (char*) malloc((strlen(indexer_name)+1)*sizeof(char));
+			strcpy(final_indexer_name, indexer_name);
+		}
 	}
 
 	returned_data_type = data_type;