diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/disk_io_thread.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/disk_io_thread.hpp
index 23e8dd349..948db1176 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/disk_io_thread.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/disk_io_thread.hpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			, rename_file
 			, abort_thread
 			, clear_read_cache
+			, abort_torrent
 		};
 
 		action_t action;
diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/storage.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/storage.hpp
index f144b5fc8..4f7cd5238 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/storage.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/storage.hpp
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			boost::function<void(int, disk_io_job const&)> const& handler
 			= boost::function<void(int, disk_io_job const&)>());
 
+		void abort_disk_io();
+
 		void async_clear_read_cache(
 			boost::function<void(int, disk_io_job const&)> const& handler
 			= boost::function<void(int, disk_io_job const&)>());
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp b/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
index ab0fa2f74..dded34e79 100644
--- a/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			}
 			++i;
 		}
-		m_signal.notify_all();
+		disk_io_job j;
+		j.action = disk_io_job::abort_torrent;
+		j.storage = s;
+		add_job(j);
 	}
 
 	bool range_overlap(int start1, int length1, int start2, int length2)
@@ -802,6 +805,28 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 			switch (j.action)
 			{
+				case disk_io_job::abort_torrent:
+				{
+					mutex_t::scoped_lock jl(m_queue_mutex);
+					for (std::list<disk_io_job>::iterator i = m_jobs.begin();
+						i != m_jobs.end();)
+					{
+						if (i->storage != j.storage)
+						{
+							++i;
+							continue;
+						}
+						if (i->action == disk_io_job::check_files)
+						{
+							if (i->callback) m_ios.post(bind(i->callback
+									, piece_manager::disk_check_aborted, *i));
+							m_jobs.erase(i++);
+							continue;
+						}
+						++i;
+					}
+					break;
+				}
 				case disk_io_job::abort_thread:
 				{
 					mutex_t::scoped_lock jl(m_queue_mutex);
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/storage.cpp b/libtorrent/src/storage.cpp
index eda0b4368..376da677a 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/storage.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/storage.cpp
@@ -1331,6 +1331,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		m_io_thread.add_job(j, handler);
 	}
 
+	void piece_manager::abort_disk_io()
+	{
+		m_io_thread.stop(this);
+	}
+
 	void piece_manager::async_delete_files(
 		boost::function<void(int, disk_io_job const&)> const& handler)
 	{
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp b/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
index 42c9e4f35..0f2036586 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -1606,8 +1606,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// files belonging to the torrents
 		disconnect_all();
 		if (m_owning_storage.get())
+		{
 			m_storage->async_release_files(
 				bind(&torrent::on_files_released, shared_from_this(), _1, _2));
+			m_storage->abort_disk_io();
+		}
 		
 		if (m_state == torrent_status::checking_files)
 			m_ses.done_checking(shared_from_this());