diff --git a/src/wolfsftp.c b/src/wolfsftp.c
index 699d1e886..cccf00b06 100644
--- a/src/wolfsftp.c
+++ b/src/wolfsftp.c
@@ -711,6 +711,15 @@ int wolfSSH_TestSftpRecvSizeCheck(int sz)
 {
     return SFTP_CheckRecvSz(sz);
 }
+
+
+/* Test hook: exposes the static SendPacketType() so the unit tests can
+ * check that no request is sent when SFTP negotiation did not succeed. */
+int wolfSSH_TestSftpSendPacketType(WOLFSSH* ssh, byte type, byte* buf,
+        word32 bufSz)
+{
+    return SendPacketType(ssh, type, buf, bufSz);
+}
 #endif
 
 
@@ -6905,8 +6914,14 @@ int SendPacketType(WOLFSSH* ssh, byte type, byte* buf, word32 bufSz)
 
                 /* reset state for sending data */
                 wolfSSH_SFTP_buffer_rewind(&state->buffer);
+                state->state = SFTP_SEND_PACKET;
+            }
+            else {
+                if (!NoticeError(ssh)) {
+                    wolfSSH_SFTP_ClearState(ssh, STATE_ID_SEND);
+                }
+                return ret;
             }
-            state->state = SFTP_SEND_PACKET;
             FALL_THROUGH;
 
         case SFTP_SEND_PACKET:
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 5be9c300d..41b10a0fd 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -6267,6 +6267,201 @@ static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SaveOfst(void)
 }
 
 
+/* SendPacketType must not send a request when negotiation did not succeed */
+static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SendPacketType_negotiate(void)
+{
+#ifdef WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL
+    WOLFSSH_CTX* ctx = NULL;
+    WOLFSSH*     ssh = NULL;
+    byte         payload[4] = { 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 };
+    int          ret;
+
+    AssertNotNull(ctx = wolfSSH_CTX_new(WOLFSSH_ENDPOINT_CLIENT, NULL));
+    AssertNotNull(ssh = wolfSSH_new(ctx));
+
+    ret = wolfSSH_TestSftpSendPacketType(ssh, WOLFSSH_FTP_REALPATH,
+            payload, (word32)sizeof(payload));
+
+    /* The SFTP connection was not established, so negotiation cannot succeed.
+     * SendPacketType() must report that failure instead of returning
+     * WS_SUCCESS */
+    AssertIntNE(ret, WS_SUCCESS);
+
+    wolfSSH_free(ssh);
+    wolfSSH_CTX_free(ctx);
+#endif /* WOLFSSH_TEST_INTERNAL */
+}
+
+/* Same as sftp_client_connect(), but stops before wolfSSH_SFTP_connect() and
+ * leaves the socket non-blocking. The first SFTP request then has to drive
+ * the SSH handshake and the SFTP negotiation itself. */
+static void sftp_client_connect_nonblock(WOLFSSH_CTX** ctx, WOLFSSH** ssh,
+                                        int port)
+{
+    SOCKET_T sockFd = WOLFSSH_SOCKET_INVALID;
+    SOCKADDR_IN_T clientAddr;
+    socklen_t clientAddrSz = sizeof(clientAddr);
+    int ret;
+    char* host = (char*)wolfSshIp;
+    const char* username = "jill";
+    const char* password = "upthehill";
+
+    if (ctx == NULL || ssh == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    *ctx = wolfSSH_CTX_new(WOLFSSH_ENDPOINT_CLIENT, NULL);
+    if (*ctx == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    wolfSSH_CTX_SetPublicKeyCheck(*ctx, AcceptAnyServerHostKey);
+    wolfSSH_SetUserAuth(*ctx, sftpUserAuth);
+    *ssh = wolfSSH_new(*ctx);
+    if (*ssh == NULL) {
+        wolfSSH_CTX_free(*ctx);
+        *ctx = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    build_addr(&clientAddr, host, port);
+    tcp_socket(&sockFd, ((struct sockaddr_in *)&clientAddr)->sin_family);
+    if (sockFd < 0) {
+        wolfSSH_free(*ssh);
+        wolfSSH_CTX_free(*ctx);
+        *ctx = NULL;
+        *ssh = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ret = connect(sockFd, (const struct sockaddr *)&clientAddr, clientAddrSz);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        WCLOSESOCKET(sockFd);
+        wolfSSH_free(*ssh);
+        wolfSSH_CTX_free(*ctx);
+        *ctx = NULL;
+        *ssh = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    wolfSSH_SetUserAuthCtx(*ssh, (void*)password);
+    ret = wolfSSH_SetUsername(*ssh, username);
+    if (ret == WS_SUCCESS)
+        ret = wolfSSH_set_fd(*ssh, (int)sockFd);
+
+    if (ret != WS_SUCCESS) {
+        WCLOSESOCKET(sockFd);
+        wolfSSH_free(*ssh);
+        wolfSSH_CTX_free(*ctx);
+        *ctx = NULL;
+        *ssh = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* no wolfSSH_connect() or wolfSSH_SFTP_connect() here; the caller's first
+     * SFTP request negotiates over the non-blocking socket */
+    tcp_set_nonblocking(&sockFd);
+}
+
+/* Upper bound on non-blocking retry iterations. Each wait is at most 1s, so a
+ * regression fails the AssertIntLE below instead of hanging CI. */
+#define SFTP_MAX_NEGOTIATION_TRIES 100
+
+/* The retryable half of the SendPacketType() negotiation fix. Without
+ * wolfSSH_SFTP_connect(), the first request on a non-blocking socket must
+ * negotiate first. Negotiation returns WS_WANT_READ/WS_WANT_WRITE, the send
+ * state is kept, and a later call finishes negotiating and actually sends the
+ * request. Before the fix the empty request was "sent" and the client
+ * waited for a reply that never came, until the retry bound tripped. */
+static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SendPacketType_negotiation_non_block(void)
+{
+    func_args       ser;
+    tcp_ready       ready;
+    int             argsCount;
+    WS_SOCKET_T     clientFd;
+    const char*     args[10];
+    WOLFSSH_CTX*    ctx   = NULL;
+    WOLFSSH*        ssh   = NULL;
+    WS_SFTPNAME*    name = NULL;
+    THREAD_TYPE     serThread;
+    int             sawPartial = 0;
+    int             err;
+    int             tries = 0;
+
+    /* one-shot echoserver on a free port */
+    WMEMSET(&ser, 0, sizeof(func_args));
+    argsCount = 0;
+    args[argsCount++] = ".";
+    args[argsCount++] = "-1";
+    args[argsCount++] = "-p";
+    args[argsCount++] = "0";
+    ser.argv = (char**)args;
+    ser.argc = argsCount;
+    ser.signal = &ready;
+    InitTcpReady(ser.signal);
+    ThreadStart(echoserver_test, (void*)&ser, &serThread);
+    WaitTcpReady(&ready);
+
+    sftp_client_connect_nonblock(&ctx, &ssh, ready.port);
+    AssertNotNull(ctx);
+    AssertNotNull(ssh);
+    clientFd = wolfSSH_get_fd(ssh);
+
+    /* RealPath(".") goes through SendPacketType(). Retry it until
+     * the negotiation completes and the server answers with a name. */
+    do {
+        name = wolfSSH_SFTP_RealPath(ssh, (char*)".");
+        err = wolfSSH_get_error(ssh);
+        if (name == NULL && (err == WS_WANT_READ || err == WS_WANT_WRITE)) {
+            sawPartial = 1;
+            tcp_select(clientFd, 1);
+        }
+        tries++;
+    } while (name == NULL && (err == WS_WANT_READ || err == WS_WANT_WRITE) &&
+            tries <= SFTP_MAX_NEGOTIATION_TRIES);
+
+    AssertIntLE(tries, SFTP_MAX_NEGOTIATION_TRIES);
+    AssertIntEQ(sawPartial, 1);
+    AssertNotNull(name);
+    AssertNotNull(name->fName);
+    wolfSSH_SFTPNAME_list_free(name);
+
+    /* shut down over the non-blocking socket, retrying the same way */
+    tries = 0;
+    do {
+        argsCount = wolfSSH_shutdown(ssh);
+        err = wolfSSH_get_error(ssh);
+        if (argsCount != WS_SUCCESS && (err == WS_WANT_READ ||
+            err == WS_WANT_WRITE || err == WS_REKEYING)) {
+            tcp_select(clientFd, 1);
+        }
+        tries++;
+    } while (argsCount != WS_SUCCESS && (err == WS_WANT_READ ||
+            err == WS_WANT_WRITE || err == WS_REKEYING) &&
+            tries <= SFTP_MAX_NEGOTIATION_TRIES);
+
+    AssertIntLE(tries, SFTP_MAX_NEGOTIATION_TRIES);
+    argsCount = AbsorbBenignReset(ssh, argsCount);
+
+#if DEFAULT_HIGHWATER_MARK < 8000
+    if (argsCount == WS_REKEYING) {
+        argsCount = WS_SUCCESS;
+    }
+#endif
+    AssertIntEQ(argsCount, WS_SUCCESS);
+
+    WCLOSESOCKET(clientFd);
+    wolfSSH_free(ssh);
+    wolfSSH_CTX_free(ctx);
+#ifdef WOLFSSH_ZEPHYR
+    k_sleep(Z_TIMEOUT_TICKS(100));
+#endif
+    ThreadJoin(serThread);
+    FreeTcpReady(&ready);
+}
+
+
+
 #if !defined(NO_FILESYSTEM) && !defined(WOLFSSH_USER_FILESYSTEM) && \
     !defined(WOLFSSH_ZEPHYR)
 
@@ -6690,6 +6885,8 @@ static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_StartPathNotConfined(void) { ; }
 static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SetConfinePath(void) { ; }
 static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SetDefaultPath(void) { ; }
 static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SaveOfst(void) { ; }
+static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SendPacketType_negotiate(void) { ; }
+static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SendPacketType_negotiation_non_block(void) { ; }
 static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_PutResume(void) { ; }
 static void test_wolfSSH_SFTP_GetResume(void) { ; }
 #endif /* WOLFSSH_SFTP && !NO_WOLFSSH_CLIENT && !SINGLE_THREADED */
@@ -8823,6 +9020,8 @@ int wolfSSH_ApiTest(int argc, char** argv)
     test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SetConfinePath();
     test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SetDefaultPath();
     test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SaveOfst();
+    test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SendPacketType_negotiate();
+    test_wolfSSH_SFTP_SendPacketType_negotiation_non_block();
     test_wolfSSH_SFTP_PutResume();
     test_wolfSSH_SFTP_GetResume();
 
diff --git a/wolfssh/wolfsftp.h b/wolfssh/wolfsftp.h
index 9b3c9aefd..ec3a377ab 100644
--- a/wolfssh/wolfsftp.h
+++ b/wolfssh/wolfsftp.h
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ WOLFSSH_LOCAL void wolfSSH_SFTP_ShowSizes(void);
             WS_SFTP_FILEATRB* atr, word32* idx);
     WOLFSSH_API int wolfSSH_TestSftpSendCap(WOLFSSH* ssh, word32 cap);
     WOLFSSH_API int wolfSSH_TestSftpStallPending(WOLFSSH* ssh, word32 count);
+    WOLFSSH_API int wolfSSH_TestSftpSendPacketType(WOLFSSH* ssh, byte type,
+            byte* buf, word32 bufSz);
     #if !defined(NO_WOLFSSH_SERVER) && !defined(NO_FILESYSTEM)
         WOLFSSH_API int wolfSSH_SFTP_TestRecvStateInit(WOLFSSH* ssh);
         WOLFSSH_API const byte* wolfSSH_SFTP_TestRecvReply(WOLFSSH* ssh,