diff --git a/content.module b/content.module
index 167ed66..330e5d6 100644
--- a/content.module
+++ b/content.module
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ function content_storage($op, $node) {
           // fields are added to content types -- either a NULL value
           // or the default value? May need to offer the user an option of
           // how to handle that.
-          if (db_result(db_query_range("SELECT 1 FROM {". $table ."} WHERE vid = %d", $node->vid, 0, 1))) {
+          if ($op == 'update' && db_result(db_query_range("SELECT 1 FROM {". $table ."} WHERE vid = %d", $node->vid, 0, 1))) {
             content_write_record($table, $record, array('vid'));
           }
           else {