diff -up vsftpd-2.0.5/postlogin.c.fix_unique vsftpd-2.0.5/postlogin.c
--- vsftpd-2.0.5/postlogin.c.fix_unique	2007-11-30 11:16:10.000000000 +0100
+++ vsftpd-2.0.5/postlogin.c	2007-11-30 11:23:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -1701,6 +1701,12 @@ get_unique_filename(struct mystr* p_outs
   static struct vsf_sysutil_statbuf* s_p_statbuf;
   unsigned int suffix = 1;
   int retval;
+  retval = str_stat(p_base_str, &s_p_statbuf);
+  if (vsf_sysutil_retval_is_error(retval))
+  {
+    str_copy(p_outstr, p_base_str);
+    return;
+  }
   while (1)
   {
     str_copy(p_outstr, p_base_str);