--- linux-2.4.13/net/core/sock.c	Fri Nov 15 21:12:38 2001
+++ linux/net/core/sock.c	Fri Nov 16 20:53:55 2001
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
  *		Andi Kleen	:	Fix write_space callback
  *		Chris Evans	:	Security fixes - signedness again
  *		Arnaldo C. Melo :       cleanups, use skb_queue_purge
+ *		Jeroen Vreeken	:	Add check for sk->dead in sock_def_write_space
  *
  * To Fix:
  *
@@ -1130,7 +1131,7 @@
 	/* Do not wake up a writer until he can make "significant"
 	 * progress.  --DaveM
 	 */
-	if((atomic_read(&sk->wmem_alloc) << 1) <= sk->sndbuf) {
+	if(!sk->dead && (atomic_read(&sk->wmem_alloc) << 1) <= sk->sndbuf) {
 		if (sk->sleep && waitqueue_active(sk->sleep))
 			wake_up_interruptible(sk->sleep);