diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cecfe730..1ff25dde 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ NEWS
   * Fix default vhost in mod_simple_vhost (fixes #1905)
   * Handle EINTR in mod_rrdtool (fixes #604)
   * Fix rrd error after graceful restart (fixes #419)
+  * Fix EAGAIN handling for freebsd sendfile (fixes #1913, thx AnMaster for spotting the problem)
 
 - 1.4.21 - 2009-02-16
 
diff --git a/src/network_freebsd_sendfile.c b/src/network_freebsd_sendfile.c
index 8e76040a..c513bf00 100644
--- a/src/network_freebsd_sendfile.c
+++ b/src/network_freebsd_sendfile.c
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ int network_write_chunkqueue_freebsdsendfile(server *srv, connection *con, int f
 				switch(errno) {
 				case EAGAIN:
 				case EINTR:
-					r = 0; /* try again later */
-					break;
+					/* for EAGAIN r still contains the sent bytes */
+					break; /* try again later */
 				case ENOTCONN:
 					return -2;
 				default: