diff --git a/daemon/gvfsbackendsftp.c b/daemon/gvfsbackendsftp.c
index f463f0a..05d5244 100644
--- a/daemon/gvfsbackendsftp.c
+++ b/daemon/gvfsbackendsftp.c
@@ -1017,10 +1017,26 @@ read_reply_async_got_data  (GObject *source_object,
 
   if (res <= 0)
     {
+      GHashTableIter iter;
+      gpointer key, value;
+
+      g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, backend->expected_replies);
+      while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, &value))
+        {
+          expected_reply = (ExpectedReply *) value;
+
+          g_vfs_job_failed (G_VFS_JOB (expected_reply->job),
+                            G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+                            _("Interanl Error: %s"), "The underlying ssh process died");
+        }
+
       /* TODO: unmount, etc */
       g_warning ("Error reading results: %s", res < 0 ? error->message : "end of stream");
+
       if (error)
         g_error_free (error);
+
+      _exit (1);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -1071,12 +1087,26 @@ read_reply_async_got_len  (GObject *source_object,
 
   if (res <= 0)
     {
+      GHashTableIter iter;
+      gpointer key, value;
+
+      g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, backend->expected_replies);
+      while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, &value))
+        {
+          ExpectedReply *expected_reply = (ExpectedReply *) value;
+
+          g_vfs_job_failed (G_VFS_JOB (expected_reply->job),
+                            G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+                            _("Interanl Error: %s"), "The underlying ssh process died");
+        }
+
       /* TODO: unmount, etc */
       g_warning ("Error reading results: %s", res < 0 ? error->message : "end of stream");
       if (error)
         g_error_free (error);
       error = NULL;
       look_for_stderr_errors (G_VFS_BACKEND (backend), &error);
+      _exit (1);
       return;
     }