diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp-server.c b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp-server.c
index 33062da55b9..46c06cafa2e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/sftp-server.c
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sftp-server.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sftp-server.c,v 1.153 2026/03/03 09:57:25 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sftp-server.c,v 1.154 2026/05/31 04:59:51 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -1581,6 +1581,7 @@ process_extended_copy_data(uint32_t id)
 	uint64_t len, read_off, read_len, write_off;
 	int r, copy_until_eof, status = SSH2_FX_OP_UNSUPPORTED;
 	size_t ret;
+	struct stat st_read, st_write;
 
 	if ((r = get_handle(iqueue, &read_handle)) != 0 ||
 	    (r = sshbuf_get_u64(iqueue, &read_off)) != 0 ||
@@ -1603,12 +1604,30 @@ process_extended_copy_data(uint32_t id)
 	} else
 		copy_until_eof = 0;
 
+	/* Disallow reading & writing to the same handle, path or inode */
 	read_fd = handle_to_fd(read_handle);
 	write_fd = handle_to_fd(write_handle);
-
-	/* Disallow reading & writing to the same handle or same path or dirs */
+	if (fstat(read_fd, &st_read) != 0) {
+		status = errno_to_portable(errno);
+		error_f("fstat read_fd failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (fstat(write_fd, &st_write) != 0) {
+		status = errno_to_portable(errno);
+		error_f("fstat write_fd failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+		goto out;
+	}
 	if (read_handle == write_handle || read_fd < 0 || write_fd < 0 ||
-	    !strcmp(handle_to_name(read_handle), handle_to_name(write_handle))) {
+	    !strcmp(handle_to_name(read_handle), handle_to_name(write_handle)) ||
+	    (st_read.st_dev != 0 && st_read.st_ino != 0 &&
+	    st_read.st_dev == st_write.st_dev &&
+	    st_read.st_ino == st_write.st_ino)) {
+		error_f("refusing to read/write same file: "
+		    "read \"%s\" dev %lu ino %lu, write \"%s\" dev %lu ino %lu",
+		    handle_to_name(read_handle),
+		    (u_long)st_read.st_dev, (u_long)st_read.st_ino,
+		    handle_to_name(write_handle),
+		    (u_long)st_write.st_dev, (u_long)st_write.st_ino);
 		status = SSH2_FX_FAILURE;
 		goto out;
 	}