diff --git a/fs/buffer.go b/fs/buffer.go
index 436b42383..588a36d00 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.go
+++ b/fs/buffer.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ var asyncBufferPool = sync.Pool{
 	New: func() interface{} { return newBuffer() },
 }
 
+var errorStreamAbandoned = errors.New("stream abandoned")
+
 // asyncReader will do async read-ahead from the input reader
 // and make the data available as an io.Reader.
 // This should be fully transparent, except that once an error
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ type asyncReader struct {
 	exited  chan struct{} // Channel is closed been the async reader shuts down
 	size    int           // size of buffer to use
 	closed  bool          // whether we have closed the underlying stream
+	mu      sync.Mutex    // lock for Read/WriteTo/Abandon/Close
 }
 
 // newAsyncReader returns a reader that will asynchronously read from
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ type asyncReader struct {
 // function has returned.
 // The input can be read from the returned reader.
 // When done use Close to release the buffers and close the supplied input.
-func newAsyncReader(rd io.ReadCloser, buffers int) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func newAsyncReader(rd io.ReadCloser, buffers int) (*asyncReader, error) {
 	if buffers <= 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("number of buffers too small")
 	}
@@ -113,6 +116,10 @@ func (a *asyncReader) fill() (err error) {
 		}
 		b, ok := <-a.ready
 		if !ok {
+			// Return an error to show fill failed
+			if a.err == nil {
+				return errorStreamAbandoned
+			}
 			return a.err
 		}
 		a.cur = b
@@ -122,6 +129,9 @@ func (a *asyncReader) fill() (err error) {
 
 // Read will return the next available data.
 func (a *asyncReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	a.mu.Lock()
+	defer a.mu.Unlock()
+
 	// Swap buffer and maybe return error
 	err = a.fill()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -144,6 +154,9 @@ func (a *asyncReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 // The return value n is the number of bytes written.
 // Any error encountered during the write is also returned.
 func (a *asyncReader) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {
+	a.mu.Lock()
+	defer a.mu.Unlock()
+
 	n = 0
 	for {
 		err = a.fill()
@@ -175,6 +188,9 @@ func (a *asyncReader) Abandon() {
 	// Close and wait for go routine
 	close(a.exit)
 	<-a.exited
+	// take the lock to wait for Read/WriteTo to complete
+	a.mu.Lock()
+	defer a.mu.Unlock()
 	// Return any outstanding buffers to the Pool
 	if a.cur != nil {
 		a.putBuffer(a.cur)
diff --git a/fs/buffer_test.go b/fs/buffer_test.go
index 278f57678..83782b086 100644
--- a/fs/buffer_test.go
+++ b/fs/buffer_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/iotest"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -196,8 +198,7 @@ func TestAsyncReaderWriteTo(t *testing.T) {
 						buf := bufio.NewReaderSize(read, bufsize)
 						ar, _ := newAsyncReader(ioutil.NopCloser(buf), l)
 						dst := &bytes.Buffer{}
-						wt := ar.(io.WriterTo)
-						_, err := wt.WriteTo(dst)
+						_, err := ar.WriteTo(dst)
 						if err != nil && err != io.EOF && err != iotest.ErrTimeout {
 							t.Fatal("Copy:", err)
 						}
@@ -215,3 +216,65 @@ func TestAsyncReaderWriteTo(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Read an infinite number of zeros
+type zeroReader struct {
+	closed bool
+}
+
+func (z *zeroReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if z.closed {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	for i := range p {
+		p[i] = 0
+	}
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func (z *zeroReader) Close() error {
+	if z.closed {
+		panic("double close on zeroReader")
+	}
+	z.closed = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Test closing and abandoning
+func testAsyncReaderClose(t *testing.T, writeto bool) {
+	zr := &zeroReader{}
+	a, err := newAsyncReader(zr, 16)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	var copyN int64
+	var copyErr error
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		if true {
+			// exercise the WriteTo path
+			copyN, copyErr = a.WriteTo(ioutil.Discard)
+		} else {
+			// exercise the Read path
+			buf := make([]byte, 64*1024)
+			for {
+				var n int
+				n, copyErr = a.Read(buf)
+				copyN += int64(n)
+				if copyErr != nil {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	// Do some copying
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	// Abandon the copy
+	a.Abandon()
+	wg.Wait()
+	assert.Equal(t, errorStreamAbandoned, copyErr)
+	// t.Logf("Copied %d bytes, err %v", copyN, copyErr)
+	assert.True(t, copyN > 0)
+}
+func TestAsyncReaderCloseRead(t *testing.T)    { testAsyncReaderClose(t, false) }
+func TestAsyncReaderCloseWriteTo(t *testing.T) { testAsyncReaderClose(t, true) }