}
 
 
+int
+ldap_int_flush_request(
+       LDAP *ld,
+       LDAPRequest *lr
+)
+{
+       LDAPConn *lc = lr->lr_conn;
+
+       if ( ber_flush( lc->lconn_sb, lr->lr_ber, 0 ) != 0 ) {
+               if ( errno == EWOULDBLOCK || errno == EAGAIN ) {
+                       /* need to continue write later */
+                       lr->lr_status = LDAP_REQST_WRITING;
+                       ldap_mark_select_write( ld, lc->lconn_sb );
+                       ld->ld_errno = LDAP_BUSY;
+                       return -2;
+               } else {
+                       ld->ld_errno = LDAP_SERVER_DOWN;
+                       ldap_free_request( ld, lr );
+                       ldap_free_connection( ld, lc, 0, 0 );
+                       return( -1 );
+               }
+       } else {
+               if ( lr->lr_parent == NULL ) {
+                       lr->lr_ber->ber_end = lr->lr_ber->ber_ptr;
+                       lr->lr_ber->ber_ptr = lr->lr_ber->ber_buf;
+               }
+               lr->lr_status = LDAP_REQST_INPROGRESS;
+
+               /* sent -- waiting for a response */
+               ldap_mark_select_read( ld, lc->lconn_sb );
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
 
 int
 ldap_send_server_request(
        }
 
        use_connection( ld, lc );
+
+       /* If we still have an incomplete write, try to finish it before
+        * dealing with the new request. If we don't finish here, return
+        * LDAP_BUSY and let the caller retry later. We only allow a single
+        * request to be in WRITING state.
+        */
+       if ( ld->ld_requests &&
+               ld->ld_requests->lr_status == LDAP_REQST_WRITING &&
+               ldap_int_flush_request( ld, ld->ld_requests ) < 0 ) {
+               return -1;
+       }
+
        if (( lr = (LDAPRequest *)LDAP_CALLOC( 1, sizeof( LDAPRequest ))) ==
            NULL ) {
                ld->ld_errno = LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
        ld->ld_requests = lr;
        lr->lr_prev = NULL;
 
-       if ( ber_flush( lc->lconn_sb, ber, 0 ) != 0 ) {
-#ifdef notyet
-               if ( errno == EWOULDBLOCK ) {
-                       /* need to continue write later */
-                       lr->lr_status = LDAP_REQST_WRITING;
-                       ldap_mark_select_write( ld, lc->lconn_sb );
-               } else {
-#else /* notyet */
-                       ld->ld_errno = LDAP_SERVER_DOWN;
-                       ldap_free_request( ld, lr );
-                       ldap_free_connection( ld, lc, 0, 0 );
-                       return( -1 );
-#endif /* notyet */
-#ifdef notyet
-               }
-#endif /* notyet */
-       } else {
-               if ( parentreq == NULL ) {
-                       ber->ber_end = ber->ber_ptr;
-                       ber->ber_ptr = ber->ber_buf;
-               }
-
-               /* sent -- waiting for a response */
-               ldap_mark_select_read( ld, lc->lconn_sb );
+       if ( ldap_int_flush_request( ld, lr ) == -1 ) {
+               return -1;
        }
 
        ld->ld_errno = LDAP_SUCCESS;