diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 96ae0498..aaa688e9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ NEWS
   * fixed mem leak in ssi expression parser (#1753), thx Take5k
   * hide some ssl errors per default, enable them with debug.log-ssl-noise (#397)
   * do not send content-encoding for 304 (#1754), thx yzlai
+  * fix segfault for stat_cache(fam) calls with relative path (without '/', can be triggered by x-sendfile) (#1750)
 
 - 1.4.19 - 2008-03-10
 
diff --git a/src/stat_cache.c b/src/stat_cache.c
index 9325693d..fa94eede 100644
--- a/src/stat_cache.c
+++ b/src/stat_cache.c
@@ -445,7 +445,9 @@ handler_t stat_cache_get_entry(server *srv, connection *con, buffer *name, stat_
 	/* dir-check */
 	if (srv->srvconf.stat_cache_engine == STAT_CACHE_ENGINE_FAM) {
 		if (0 != buffer_copy_dirname(sc->dir_name, name)) {
-			SEGFAULT();
+			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sb",
+				"no '/' found in filename:", name);
+			return HANDLER_ERROR;
 		}
 
 		buffer_copy_string_buffer(sc->hash_key, sc->dir_name);