1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tarWrite.c b/tarWrite.c
index f5af4491b..7d46014bd 100644
--- a/tarWrite.c
+++ b/tarWrite.c
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ int flush = 0, eot_count = -1;
 unsigned char *write_buffer;
 unsigned buffer_size = 4096;
 unsigned buffer_loc = 0;
+int buffer_status = 0;
 
 void reinit_libtar_buffer(void) {
 	flush = 0;
 	eot_count = -1;
 	buffer_loc = 0;
+	buffer_status = 1;
 }
 
 void init_libtar_buffer(unsigned new_buff_size) {
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@ void init_libtar_buffer(unsigned new_buff_size) {
 }
 
 void free_libtar_buffer(void) {
-	free(write_buffer);
+	if (buffer_status > 0)
+		free(write_buffer);
+	buffer_status = 0;
 }
 
 ssize_t write_libtar_buffer(int fd, const void *buffer, size_t size) {
@@ -89,4 +93,5 @@ ssize_t write_libtar_buffer(int fd, const void *buffer, size_t size) {
 
 void flush_libtar_buffer(int fd) {
 	eot_count = 0;
+	buffer_status = 2;
 }