diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 08f82aec..0f793d25 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-09-29  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
+
+	* Fix segfault if there are outstanding writes to the server after
+	release on the file descriptor.  The only happened on FreeBSD.
+	Reported by Andriy Gapon
+
 2006-08-18  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
 
 	* Released 1.7
diff --git a/sshfs.c b/sshfs.c
index abbd7108..eb5dce49 100644
--- a/sshfs.c
+++ b/sshfs.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct sshfs_file {
     int is_seq;
     int connver;
     int modifver;
+    int refs;
 };
 
 struct sshfs {
@@ -1768,6 +1769,7 @@ static int sshfs_open_common(const char *path, mode_t mode,
     pthread_cond_init(&sf->write_finished, NULL);
     /* Assume random read after open */
     sf->is_seq = 0;
+    sf->refs = 1;
     sf->next_pos = 0;
     sf->modifver= sshfs.modifver;
     sf->connver = sshfs.connver;
@@ -1851,6 +1853,19 @@ static int sshfs_fsync(const char *path, int isdatasync,
     return sshfs_flush(path, fi);
 }
 
+static void sshfs_file_put(struct sshfs_file *sf)
+{
+    sf->refs--;
+    if (!sf->refs)
+        g_free(sf);
+}
+
+static struct sshfs_file *sshfs_file_get(struct sshfs_file *sf)
+{
+    sf->refs++;
+    return sf;
+}
+
 static int sshfs_release(const char *path, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
 {
     struct sshfs_file *sf = get_sshfs_file(fi);
@@ -1861,7 +1876,7 @@ static int sshfs_release(const char *path, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
     }
     buf_free(handle);
     chunk_put_locked(sf->readahead);
-    g_free(sf);
+    sshfs_file_put(sf);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2084,6 +2099,7 @@ static void sshfs_write_end(struct request *req)
     }
     list_del(&req->list);
     pthread_cond_broadcast(&sf->write_finished);
+    sshfs_file_put(sf);
 }
 
 static int sshfs_write(const char *path, const char *wbuf, size_t size,
@@ -2110,7 +2126,7 @@ static int sshfs_write(const char *path, const char *wbuf, size_t size,
     iov[1].iov_len = size;
     if (!sshfs.sync_write && !sf->write_error)
         err = sftp_request_send(SSH_FXP_WRITE, iov, 2, sshfs_write_begin,
-                                 sshfs_write_end, 0, sf, NULL);
+                                 sshfs_write_end, 0, sshfs_file_get(sf), NULL);
     else
         err = sftp_request_iov(SSH_FXP_WRITE, iov, 2, SSH_FXP_STATUS, NULL);
     buf_free(&buf);