diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index c72e44b58d09..60c222517ccd 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -260,11 +260,13 @@ static void request_wait_answer(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 	wait_event_interruptible(req->waitq, req->state == FUSE_REQ_FINISHED);
 	restore_sigs(&oldset);
 	spin_lock(&fuse_lock);
-	if (req->state == FUSE_REQ_FINISHED)
+	if (req->state == FUSE_REQ_FINISHED && !req->interrupted)
 		return;
 
-	req->out.h.error = -EINTR;
-	req->interrupted = 1;
+	if (!req->interrupted) {
+		req->out.h.error = -EINTR;
+		req->interrupted = 1;
+	}
 	if (req->locked) {
 		/* This is uninterruptible sleep, because data is
 		   being copied to/from the buffers of req.  During
@@ -770,6 +772,10 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 		goto err_finish;
 
 	spin_lock(&fuse_lock);
+	err = -ENOENT;
+	if (!fc->connected)
+		goto err_unlock;
+
 	req = request_find(fc, oh.unique);
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (!req)
@@ -836,7 +842,11 @@ static unsigned fuse_dev_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	return mask;
 }
 
-/* Abort all requests on the given list (pending or processing) */
+/*
+ * Abort all requests on the given list (pending or processing)
+ *
+ * This function releases and reacquires fuse_lock
+ */
 static void end_requests(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct list_head *head)
 {
 	while (!list_empty(head)) {
@@ -848,6 +858,59 @@ static void end_requests(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct list_head *head)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Abort requests under I/O
+ *
+ * The requests are set to interrupted and finished, and the request
+ * waiter is woken up.  This will make request_wait_answer() wait
+ * until the request is unlocked and then return.
+ */
+static void end_io_requests(struct fuse_conn *fc)
+{
+	while (!list_empty(&fc->io)) {
+		struct fuse_req *req;
+		req = list_entry(fc->io.next, struct fuse_req, list);
+		req->interrupted = 1;
+		req->out.h.error = -ECONNABORTED;
+		req->state = FUSE_REQ_FINISHED;
+		list_del_init(&req->list);
+		wake_up(&req->waitq);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Abort all requests.
+ *
+ * Emergency exit in case of a malicious or accidental deadlock, or
+ * just a hung filesystem.
+ *
+ * The same effect is usually achievable through killing the
+ * filesystem daemon and all users of the filesystem.  The exception
+ * is the combination of an asynchronous request and the tricky
+ * deadlock (see Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt).
+ *
+ * During the aborting, progression of requests from the pending and
+ * processing lists onto the io list, and progression of new requests
+ * onto the pending list is prevented by req->connected being false.
+ *
+ * Progression of requests under I/O to the processing list is
+ * prevented by the req->interrupted flag being true for these
+ * requests.  For this reason requests on the io list must be aborted
+ * first.
+ */
+void fuse_abort_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc)
+{
+	spin_lock(&fuse_lock);
+	if (fc->connected) {
+		fc->connected = 0;
+		end_io_requests(fc);
+		end_requests(fc, &fc->pending);
+		end_requests(fc, &fc->processing);
+		wake_up_all(&fc->waitq);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&fuse_lock);
+}
+
 static int fuse_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index bcb453f68111..e6381db41df9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** Mount is active */
 	unsigned mounted : 1;
 
-	/** Connection established, cleared on umount and device
-	    release */
+	/** Connection established, cleared on umount, connection
+	    abort and device release */
 	unsigned connected : 1;
 
 	/** Connection failed (version mismatch) */
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ void request_send_background(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req);
  */
 void fuse_release_background(struct fuse_req *req);
 
+/* Abort all requests */
+void fuse_abort_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc);
+
 /**
  * Get the attributes of a file
  */
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 182235923cdd..d359d8de22a4 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ struct inode *fuse_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nodeid,
 	return inode;
 }
 
+static void fuse_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	fuse_abort_conn(get_fuse_conn_super(sb));
+}
+
 static void fuse_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn_super(sb);
@@ -454,6 +459,7 @@ static struct super_operations fuse_super_operations = {
 	.read_inode	= fuse_read_inode,
 	.clear_inode	= fuse_clear_inode,
 	.put_super	= fuse_put_super,
+	.umount_begin	= fuse_umount_begin,
 	.statfs		= fuse_statfs,
 	.show_options	= fuse_show_options,
 };
@@ -560,11 +566,21 @@ static ssize_t fuse_conn_waiting_show(struct fuse_conn *fc, char *page)
 	return sprintf(page, "%i\n", atomic_read(&fc->num_waiting));
 }
 
+static ssize_t fuse_conn_abort_store(struct fuse_conn *fc, const char *page,
+				     size_t count)
+{
+	fuse_abort_conn(fc);
+	return count;
+}
+
 static struct fuse_conn_attr fuse_conn_waiting =
 	__ATTR(waiting, 0400, fuse_conn_waiting_show, NULL);
+static struct fuse_conn_attr fuse_conn_abort =
+	__ATTR(abort, 0600, NULL, fuse_conn_abort_store);
 
 static struct attribute *fuse_conn_attrs[] = {
 	&fuse_conn_waiting.attr,
+	&fuse_conn_abort.attr,
 	NULL,
 };