diff --git a/window.c b/window.c
index d73d5c4e..c1bab68b 100644
--- a/window.c
+++ b/window.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: window.c,v 1.2 2009/06/05 07:18:37 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: window.c,v 1.3 2009/06/23 20:17:30 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ window_pane_parse(struct window_pane *wp)
 void
 window_pane_key(struct window_pane *wp, struct client *c, int key)
 {
+ 	if (wp->fd == -1)
+		return;
+
 	if (wp->mode != NULL) {
 		if (wp->mode->key != NULL)
 			wp->mode->key(wp, c, key);
@@ -579,6 +582,9 @@ void
 window_pane_mouse(
     struct window_pane *wp, struct client *c, u_char b, u_char x, u_char y)
 {
+ 	if (wp->fd == -1)
+		return;
+
 	/* XXX convert from 1-based? */
 
 	if (x < wp->xoff || x >= wp->xoff + wp->sx)