diff -r 03fc7449f204 Modules/overlapped.c
--- a/Modules/overlapped.c	Wed Jan 29 23:02:49 2014 -0800
+++ b/Modules/overlapped.c	Thu Jan 30 16:20:47 2014 +0100
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ typedef struct {
     /* Type of operation */
     DWORD type;
     union {
-        /* Buffer used for reading (optional) */
+        /* Buffer used for reading: TYPE_READ and TYPE_ACCEPT */
         PyObject *read_buffer;
-        /* Buffer used for writing (optional) */
+        /* Buffer used for writing: TYPE_WRITE */
         Py_buffer write_buffer;
     };
 } OverlappedObject;
@@ -568,13 +568,15 @@ Overlapped_dealloc(OverlappedObject *sel
     if (self->overlapped.hEvent != NULL)
         CloseHandle(self->overlapped.hEvent);
 
-    if (self->write_buffer.obj)
-        PyBuffer_Release(&self->write_buffer);
-
     switch (self->type) {
-        case TYPE_READ:
-        case TYPE_ACCEPT:
-            Py_CLEAR(self->read_buffer);
+    case TYPE_READ:
+    case TYPE_ACCEPT:
+        Py_CLEAR(self->read_buffer);
+        break;
+    case TYPE_WRITE:
+        if (self->write_buffer.obj)
+            PyBuffer_Release(&self->write_buffer);
+        break;
     }
     PyObject_Del(self);
     SetLastError(olderr);
@@ -648,7 +650,7 @@ Overlapped_getresult(OverlappedObject *s
         case ERROR_MORE_DATA:
             break;
         case ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE:
-            if (self->read_buffer != NULL)
+            if ((self->type == TYPE_READ || self->type == TYPE_ACCEPT) && self->read_buffer != NULL)
                 break;
             /* fall through */
         default: