diff --git a/mysql-test/r/partition.result b/mysql-test/r/partition.result
index 3be9f3edee2..2fb7b6942de 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/partition.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/partition.result
@@ -936,4 +936,16 @@ OPTIMIZE TABLE t1;
 Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
 test.t1	optimize	note	The storage engine for the table doesn't support optimize
 drop table t1;
+create database db99;
+use db99;
+create table t1 (a int not null)
+engine=archive
+partition by list (a)
+(partition p0 values in (1), partition p1 values in (2));
+insert into t1 values (1), (2);
+create index inx on t1 (a);
+alter table t1 add partition (partition p2 values in (3));
+alter table t1 drop partition p2;
+use test;
+drop database db99;
 End of 5.1 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/partition.test b/mysql-test/t/partition.test
index a24124d3fb5..f7676ca471a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/partition.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/partition.test
@@ -1077,4 +1077,21 @@ OPTIMIZE TABLE t1;
 
 drop table t1;
 
+#
+# Bug 17310 Partitions: Bugs with archived partitioned tables
+#
+create database db99;
+use db99;
+create table t1 (a int not null)
+engine=archive
+partition by list (a)
+(partition p0 values in (1), partition p1 values in (2));
+insert into t1 values (1), (2);
+--error 0, 1005
+create index inx on t1 (a);
+alter table t1 add partition (partition p2 values in (3));
+alter table t1 drop partition p2;
+use test;
+drop database db99;
+
 --echo End of 5.1 tests
diff --git a/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc b/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc
index f3f20f6b103..03710b7c380 100644
--- a/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc
+++ b/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc
@@ -701,14 +701,6 @@ int ha_archive::create(const char *name, TABLE *table_arg,
                    create_info->auto_increment_value -1 :
                    (ulonglong) 0);
 
-  if ((create_file= my_create(fn_format(name_buff,name,"",ARM,
-                                        MY_REPLACE_EXT|MY_UNPACK_FILENAME),0,
-                              O_RDWR | O_TRUNC,MYF(MY_WME))) < 0)
-  {
-    error= my_errno;
-    goto error;
-  }
-
   for (uint key= 0; key < table_arg->s->keys; key++)
   {
     KEY *pos= table_arg->key_info+key;
@@ -722,11 +714,20 @@ int ha_archive::create(const char *name, TABLE *table_arg,
       if (!(field->flags & AUTO_INCREMENT_FLAG))
       {
         error= -1;
+        DBUG_PRINT("info", ("Index error in creating archive table"));
         goto error;
       }
     }
   }
 
+  if ((create_file= my_create(fn_format(name_buff,name,"",ARM,
+                                        MY_REPLACE_EXT|MY_UNPACK_FILENAME),0,
+                              O_RDWR | O_TRUNC,MYF(MY_WME))) < 0)
+  {
+    error= my_errno;
+    goto error;
+  }
+
   write_meta_file(create_file, 0, auto_increment_value, 0, 
                   (char *)create_info->data_file_name,
                   FALSE);