diff -urN dropbear-0.47.orig/common-channel.c dropbear-0.47/common-channel.c
--- dropbear-0.47.orig/common-channel.c	2005-12-09 06:42:31.000000000 +0100
+++ dropbear-0.47/common-channel.c	2006-02-05 00:03:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 	cbuf_incrread(cbuf, len);
 	channel->recvdonelen += len;
 
-	if (fd == channel->writefd && len == maxlen && channel->recveof) { 
+	if (fd == channel->writefd && len == maxlen && channel->recveof && cbuf_getused(channel->writebuf) == 0) {
 		/* Check if we're closing up */
 		closewritefd(channel);
 		TRACE(("leave writechannel: recveof set"))