diff --git a/README b/README
index 0d88c87..4accbd8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Version 0.10
 
   (Re)Fixed channel_write() to provide an opportunity for window space to become available again.
 
+  (Re)Fixed SFTP INIT to send the correct SFTP packet length.
+
 Version 0.9
 -----------
 
diff --git a/src/sftp.c b/src/sftp.c
index 375584e..df1f709 100644
--- a/src/sftp.c
+++ b/src/sftp.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ LIBSSH2_API LIBSSH2_SFTP *libssh2_sftp_init(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session)
 {
 	LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp;
 	LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel;
-	unsigned char *data, *s, buffer[13]; /* sftp_header(9) + version_id(4) */
+	unsigned char *data, *s, buffer[9]; /* sftp_header(5){excludes request_id} + version_id(4) */
 	unsigned long data_len;
 
 	channel = libssh2_channel_open_session(session);
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ LIBSSH2_API LIBSSH2_SFTP *libssh2_sftp_init(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session)
 	buffer[4] = SSH_FXP_INIT;
 	libssh2_htonu32(buffer + 5, LIBSSH2_SFTP_VERSION);
 
-	if (13 != libssh2_channel_write(channel, buffer, 13)) {
+	if (9 != libssh2_channel_write(channel, buffer, 9)) {
 		libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND, "Unable to send SSH_FXP_INIT", 0);
 		libssh2_channel_free(channel);
 		LIBSSH2_FREE(session, sftp);