diff --git a/kernel/dev.c b/kernel/dev.c
index 1bff1eb..7036153 100644
--- a/kernel/dev.c
+++ b/kernel/dev.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void request_wait(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
 	add_wait_queue_exclusive(&fc->waitq, &wait);
-	while(list_empty(&fc->pending)) {
+	while(fc->sb != NULL && list_empty(&fc->pending)) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if(signal_pending(current))
 			break;
@@ -230,17 +230,16 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_read(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t nbytes,
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = DEV_FC(file);
 	struct fuse_req *req = NULL;
 
-	if(fc->sb == NULL)
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	spin_lock(&fuse_lock);
 	request_wait(fc);
-	if(!list_empty(&fc->pending)) {
+	if(fc->sb != NULL && !list_empty(&fc->pending)) {
 		req = list_entry(fc->pending.next, struct fuse_req, list);
 		list_del_init(&req->list);
 		req->locked = 1;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&fuse_lock);
+	if(fc->sb == NULL)
+		return -ENODEV;
 	if(req == NULL)
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
diff --git a/kernel/inode.c b/kernel/inode.c
index df402ba..0f5fc8c 100644
--- a/kernel/inode.c
+++ b/kernel/inode.c
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ static void fuse_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	fc->flags = 0;
 	fuse_release_conn(fc);
 	sb->u.generic_sbp = NULL;
+	/* Flush all readers on this fs */
+	wake_up_all(&fc->waitq);
 	spin_unlock(&fuse_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/fuse.c b/lib/fuse.c
index c8bc3e4..ab10df5 100644
--- a/lib/fuse.c
+++ b/lib/fuse.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int fill_dir(struct fuse_dirhandle *dh, char *name, int type)
     reclen = FUSE_DIRENT_SIZE(&dirent);
     res = fwrite(&dirent, reclen, 1, dh->fp);
     if(res == 0) {
-        perror("writing directory file");
+        perror("fuse: writing directory file");
         return -EIO;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void send_reply_raw(struct fuse *f, char *outbuf, size_t outsize)
     if(res == -1) {
         /* ENOENT means the operation was interrupted */
         if(errno != ENOENT)
-            perror("writing fuse device");
+            perror("fuse: writing device");
     }
 }
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void send_reply(struct fuse *f, struct fuse_in_header *in, int error,
     struct fuse_out_header *out;
 
     if(error > 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "positive error code: %i\n",  error);
+        fprintf(stderr, "fuse: positive error code: %i\n",  error);
         error = -ERANGE;
     }
 
@@ -861,8 +861,11 @@ struct fuse_cmd *__fuse_read_cmd(struct fuse *f)
 
     res = read(f->fd, cmd->buf, FUSE_MAX_IN);
     if(res == -1) {
-        perror("reading fuse device");
-        /* BAD... This will happen again */
+        /* ENODEV means we got unmounted, so we silenty return failure */
+        if(errno != ENODEV) {
+            perror("fuse: reading device");
+            /* BAD... This will happen again */
+        }
         free_cmd(cmd);
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/lib/fuse_mt.c b/lib/fuse_mt.c
index d33682c..4534d0f 100644
--- a/lib/fuse_mt.c
+++ b/lib/fuse_mt.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void *do_work(void *data)
     while(1) {
         struct fuse_cmd *cmd = __fuse_read_cmd(w->f);
         if(cmd == NULL)
-            exit(1);
+            pthread_exit(NULL);
 
         if(f->numavail == 0 && f->numworker < FUSE_MAX_WORKERS) {
             pthread_mutex_lock(&f->lock);