diff --git a/ggatessh/ggatessh.c b/ggatessh/ggatessh.c
index 66bc364..9e2cb76 100644
--- a/ggatessh/ggatessh.c
+++ b/ggatessh/ggatessh.c
@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ usage(void)
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+#if 0
+static void
+libssh2_debug_error(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *info)
+{
+	char *errmsg;
+	int error;
+	int rc;
+
+	error = libssh2_session_last_errno(session);
+	rc = libssh2_session_last_error(session, &errmsg, NULL, 0);
+
+	g_gate_log(LOG_DEBUG, "%s: %s(%d)", info, errmsg, error);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void
 libssh2_errorx(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *info)
 {
@@ -825,8 +840,16 @@ procreq:
 			if (gsc_pending->sc_session != NULL) {
 				*didworkp = 1;
 				gsc_pending->sc_handle = libssh2_sftp_open(
-				    gsc_pending->sc_session, "fstest/data.img",
+				    gsc_pending->sc_session, imgpath,
 				    get_open_flags(), 0);
+
+				if (gsc_pending->sc_handle == NULL) {
+					error = libssh2_session_last_errno(
+					    session);
+					if (error != LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN)
+						libssh2_errorx(session,
+						    "sftp_open");
+				}
 			}
 
 			g_gate_log(LOG_DEBUG,
diff --git a/tests/ggatessh_test.sh b/tests/ggatessh_test.sh
index fb08324..b858ad6 100644
--- a/tests/ggatessh_test.sh
+++ b/tests/ggatessh_test.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ggatessh_body()
 
 	wait_for_ggate_device ${ggate_dev}
 
-	# make sure it has correct size and sector sizekj
+	# make sure it has correct size and sector size
 	read _dev _secsize _size _nsecs _stripesize _stripeoff <<EOF
 $(diskinfo /dev/ggate$us)
 EOF
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ ggatessh_resize_body()
 
 	wait_for_ggate_device ${ggate_dev}
 
-	# make sure it has correct size and sector sizekj
+	# make sure it has correct size and sector size
 	read _dev _secsize _size _nsecs _stripesize _stripeoff <<EOF
 $(diskinfo /dev/ggate$us)
 EOF
@@ -153,6 +153,85 @@ ggatessh_resize_cleanup()
 	common_cleanup
 }
 
+atf_test_case ggatessh_multises cleanup
+ggatessh_multises_head()
+{
+	atf_set "descr" "ggatessh will handle multiple sessions w/o looping"
+	atf_set "require.progs" "ggatessh"
+	atf_set "require.user" "root"
+	atf_set "timeout" 20
+}
+
+ggatessh_multises_body()
+{
+
+	n1mchunks=1
+	secsize=4096
+	us=$(alloc_ggate_dev)
+
+	startup_sshd
+
+	set -x
+	truncate -s ${n1mchunks}m "$TESTIMG"
+	# sshd authenticates and switches to USER
+	chown "$USER" "$TESTIMG"
+
+	echo 'WARNING: ggatessh error messages goes to syslog' \
+	    '(aka /var/log/messages)'
+
+	ggatessh create -i "$(pwd)/id_rsa" -p "$PORT" -F "$PIDFILE" \
+	    -u $us -l "$USER" 127.0.0.1 "$(pwd)/$TESTIMG"
+
+	ggate_dev=/dev/ggate${us}
+
+	wait_for_ggate_device ${ggate_dev}
+
+	# kill off ggate so we can schedule I/O
+	pkill -F "$PIDFILE"
+
+	# schedule some IO, to create a second session
+	dd if=/dev/ggate$us of=/dev/null bs=1m &
+	dd1pid="$!"
+	dd if=/dev/ggate$us of=/dev/null bs=1m &
+	dd2pid="$!"
+
+	# restart ggate
+	ggatessh rescue -v -i "$(pwd)/id_rsa" -p "$PORT" \
+	    -u $us -l "$USER" 127.0.0.1 "$(pwd)/$TESTIMG" > ggatessh.log &
+	ggatepid="$!"
+
+	# This test will timeout if ggatessh exits before dd does, dump
+	# the log to find out why
+
+	# wait for IO to complete
+	wait "$dd1pid"
+	echo "dd exit:" $?
+
+	wait "$dd2pid"
+	echo "dd exit:" $?
+
+	# kill off ggate
+	kill "$ggatepid"
+	wait "$ggatepid"
+
+	#echo 'log:'
+	#cat ggatessh.log
+	#echo 'end of log'
+
+	# make sure the second session was successfully created
+	cnt=$(grep "new session created" ggatessh.log | wc -l)
+	if [ "$cnt" -ne 1 ]; then
+		echo "not the correct number of new sessions: $cnt"
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+ggatessh_multises_cleanup()
+{
+
+	common_cleanup
+}
+
 atf_test_case ggatessh_rowotest cleanup
 ggatessh_rowotest_head()
 {
@@ -192,7 +271,7 @@ ggatessh_rowotest_body()
 
 	wait_for_ggate_device ${ggate_dev}
 
-	# make sure it has correct size and sector sizekj
+	# make sure it has correct size and sector size
 	read _dev _secsize _size _nsecs _stripesize _stripeoff <<EOF
 $(diskinfo /dev/ggate$us)
 EOF
@@ -250,6 +329,7 @@ atf_init_test_cases()
 {
 	atf_add_test_case ggatessh
 	atf_add_test_case ggatessh_resize
+	atf_add_test_case ggatessh_multises
 	atf_add_test_case ggatessh_rowotest
 }