diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
index 716aa24b812df46167c762970fb9f9c428209fcb..a8d65babc2d08db3676c5a07aa773a150165ff86 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ void RequestMessage::processCLOSEW(const cta::eos::Notification &notification, c
    diskFileInfo.group       = notification.file().owner().groupname();
    diskFileInfo.path        = notification.file().lpath();
 
+   // Recovery blob is deprecated. EOS will fill in metadata fields in the protocol buffer
+   // and we need to decide what will be stored in the database.
+   diskFileInfo.recoveryBlob = "deprecated";
+
    std::string checksumtype(notification.file().cks().name());
    if(checksumtype == "adler") checksumtype = "ADLER32";   // replace this with an enum!