diff --git a/src/civetweb b/src/civetweb
index 4390635..8a07012 160000
--- a/src/civetweb
+++ b/src/civetweb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 439063547d58427efa921296aa7be107182a026c
+Subproject commit 8a07012185851b8e8be180391866b5995c10ee93
diff --git a/src/client/Client.cc b/src/client/Client.cc
index 5c4654d..25b8b85 100644
--- a/src/client/Client.cc
+++ b/src/client/Client.cc
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ void Client::tear_down_cache()
        ++it) {
     Fh *fh = it->second;
     ldout(cct, 1) << "tear_down_cache forcing close of fh " << it->first << " ino " << fh->inode->ino << dendl;
-    put_inode(fh->inode);
-    delete fh;
+    _release_fh(fh);
   }
   fd_map.clear();
 
@@ -6693,12 +6692,20 @@ int Client::_release_fh(Fh *f)
     ldout(cct, 10) << "_release_fh " << f << " on inode " << *in << " no async_err state" << dendl;
   }
 
-  put_inode(in);
-  delete f;
+  _put_fh(f);
 
   return err;
 }
 
+void Client::_put_fh(Fh *f)
+{
+  int left = f->put();
+  if (!left) {
+    put_inode(f->inode);
+    delete f;
+  }
+}
+
 int Client::_open(Inode *in, int flags, mode_t mode, Fh **fhp, int uid, int gid)
 {
   int cmode = ceph_flags_to_mode(flags);
@@ -7038,10 +7045,16 @@ done:
   return r < 0 ? r : bl->length();
 }
 
+Client::C_Readahead::C_Readahead(Client *c, Fh *f) :
+  client(c), f(f) {
+    f->get();
+}
+
 void Client::C_Readahead::finish(int r) {
   lgeneric_subdout(client->cct, client, 20) << "client." << client->get_nodeid() << " " << "C_Readahead on " << f->inode << dendl;
   client->put_cap_ref(f->inode, CEPH_CAP_FILE_RD | CEPH_CAP_FILE_CACHE);
   f->readahead.dec_pending();
+  client->_put_fh(f);
 }
 
 int Client::_read_async(Fh *f, uint64_t off, uint64_t len, bufferlist *bl)
diff --git a/src/client/Client.h b/src/client/Client.h
index d1dbebb..2a1baeb 100644
--- a/src/client/Client.h
+++ b/src/client/Client.h
@@ -624,14 +624,13 @@ private:
 
   Fh *_create_fh(Inode *in, int flags, int cmode);
   int _release_fh(Fh *fh);
+  void _put_fh(Fh *fh);
 
 
   struct C_Readahead : public Context {
     Client *client;
     Fh *f;
-    C_Readahead(Client *c, Fh *f)
-      : client(c),
-	f(f) { }
+    C_Readahead(Client *c, Fh *f);
     void finish(int r);
   };
 
diff --git a/src/client/Fh.h b/src/client/Fh.h
index 6f0aebd..dcf70cd 100644
--- a/src/client/Fh.h
+++ b/src/client/Fh.h
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ class ceph_lock_state_t;
 // file handle for any open file state
 
 struct Fh {
-  Inode    *inode;
+  int	    _ref;
+  Inode     *inode;
   loff_t    pos;
   int       mds;        // have to talk to mds we opened with (for now)
   int       mode;       // the mode i opened the file with
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@ struct Fh {
   ceph_lock_state_t *fcntl_locks;
   ceph_lock_state_t *flock_locks;
 
-  Fh() : inode(0), pos(0), mds(0), mode(0), flags(0), pos_locked(false),
+  Fh() : _ref(1), inode(0), pos(0), mds(0), mode(0), flags(0), pos_locked(false),
       readahead(), fcntl_locks(NULL), flock_locks(NULL) {}
+  void get() { ++_ref; }
+  int put() { return --_ref; }
 };