diff -up mc-4.8.7/lib/vfs/direntry.c.VFSsegfault mc-4.8.7/lib/vfs/direntry.c
--- mc-4.8.7/lib/vfs/direntry.c.VFSsegfault	2012-12-27 09:13:20.000000000 +0100
+++ mc-4.8.7/lib/vfs/direntry.c	2013-03-21 10:54:15.344172569 +0100
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ vfs_s_close (void *fh)
     int res = 0;
     struct vfs_class *me = FH_SUPER->me;
 
+    if (!me) return -1;
+
     FH_SUPER->fd_usage--;
     if (!FH_SUPER->fd_usage)
         vfs_stamp_create (me, FH_SUPER);