diff -up openssh-4.5p1/sftp-client.c.drain-acks openssh-4.5p1/sftp-client.c
--- openssh-4.5p1/sftp-client.c.drain-acks	2006-10-23 19:03:02.000000000 +0200
+++ openssh-4.5p1/sftp-client.c	2007-08-07 17:46:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -992,7 +992,8 @@ int
 do_upload(struct sftp_conn *conn, char *local_path, char *remote_path,
     int pflag)
 {
-	int local_fd, status;
+	int local_fd;
+	int status = SSH2_FX_OK;
 	u_int handle_len, id, type;
 	u_int64_t offset;
 	char *handle, *data;
@@ -1074,7 +1075,7 @@ do_upload(struct sftp_conn *conn, char *
 		 * Simulate an EOF on interrupt, allowing ACKs from the
 		 * server to drain.
 		 */
-		if (interrupted)
+		if (interrupted || status != SSH2_FX_OK)
 			len = 0;
 		else do
 			len = read(local_fd, data, conn->transfer_buflen);
@@ -1131,17 +1132,6 @@ do_upload(struct sftp_conn *conn, char *
 				fatal("Can't find request for ID %u", r_id);
 			TAILQ_REMOVE(&acks, ack, tq);
 
-			if (status != SSH2_FX_OK) {
-				error("Couldn't write to remote file \"%s\": %s",
-				    remote_path, fx2txt(status));
-				if (showprogress)
-					stop_progress_meter();
-				do_close(conn, handle, handle_len);
-				close(local_fd);
-				xfree(data);
-				xfree(ack);
-				goto done;
-			}
 			debug3("In write loop, ack for %u %u bytes at %llu",
 			    ack->id, ack->len, (unsigned long long)ack->offset);
 			++ackid;
@@ -1153,21 +1143,25 @@ do_upload(struct sftp_conn *conn, char *
 		stop_progress_meter();
 	xfree(data);
 
+	if (status != SSH2_FX_OK) {
+		error("Couldn't write to remote file \"%s\": %s",
+		    remote_path, fx2txt(status));
+		status = -1;
+	}
+
 	if (close(local_fd) == -1) {
 		error("Couldn't close local file \"%s\": %s", local_path,
 		    strerror(errno));
-		do_close(conn, handle, handle_len);
 		status = -1;
-		goto done;
 	}
 
 	/* Override umask and utimes if asked */
 	if (pflag)
 		do_fsetstat(conn, handle, handle_len, &a);
 
-	status = do_close(conn, handle, handle_len);
+	if (do_close(conn, handle, handle_len) != SSH2_FX_OK)
+		status = -1;
 
-done:
 	xfree(handle);
 	buffer_free(&msg);
 	return(status);