diff --git a/src/Win32_QFork.cpp b/src/Win32_QFork.cpp
index fa631f32..152cf4c1 100644
--- a/src/Win32_QFork.cpp
+++ b/src/Win32_QFork.cpp
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ BOOL AbortForkOperation()
 BOOL EndForkOperation() {
     try {
 #ifdef _DEBUG
-        printf("sending termiation signal\n");
+        printf("EndForkOperation: sending termination signal\n");
 #endif
         SetEvent(g_pQForkControl->terminateForkedProcess);
         if( g_hForkedProcess != 0 )
diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index fd73b9f6..e91984e5 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -671,8 +671,13 @@ void freeClient(redisClient *c) {
      * Case 1: we lost the connection with a slave. */
     if (c->flags & REDIS_SLAVE) {
         list *l;
-        if (c->replstate == REDIS_REPL_SEND_BULK && c->repldbfd != -1)
+        if (c->replstate == REDIS_REPL_SEND_BULK && c->repldbfd != -1) {
             close(c->repldbfd);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+            DeleteFileA(c->replFileCopy);
+            memset(c->replFileCopy, 0, MAX_PATH);
+#endif
+        }
         l = (c->flags & REDIS_MONITOR) ? server.monitors : server.slaves;
         ln = listSearchKey(l,c);
         redisAssert(ln != NULL);
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index d5f92244..85762658 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ typedef struct redisClient {
     int replstate;          /* replication state if this is a slave */
     int repldbfd;           /* replication DB file descriptor */
 #ifdef _WIN32
+    char replFileCopy[_MAX_PATH];   
     long long repldboff;        /* replication DB file offset */
     long long repldbsize;       /* replication DB file size */
 #else
diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 02b1f5ca..e183cf15 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ void sendBulkToSlaveDataDone(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int nwritt
     slave->repldboff += nwritten;
     if (slave->repldboff == slave->repldbsize) {
         close(slave->repldbfd);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        DeleteFileA(slave->replFileCopy);
+        memset(slave->replFileCopy, 0, MAX_PATH);
+#endif
         slave->repldbfd = -1;
         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,slave->fd,AE_WRITABLE);
         slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_ONLINE;
@@ -343,6 +347,10 @@ void sendBulkToSlave(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
     slave->repldboff += nwritten;
     if (slave->repldboff == slave->repldbsize) {
         close(slave->repldbfd);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        DeleteFileA(slave->replFileCopy);
+        memset(slave->replFileCopy, 0, MAX_PATH);
+#endif
         slave->repldbfd = -1;
         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,slave->fd,AE_WRITABLE);
         slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_ONLINE;
@@ -383,7 +391,20 @@ void updateSlavesWaitingBgsave(int bgsaveerr) {
                 continue;
             }
 #ifdef _WIN32
-            if ((slave->repldbfd = open(server.rdb_filename,O_RDONLY|_O_BINARY,0)) == -1 ||
+            /* As multiple slaves join asynchronously with the master, the synchronization process can launch multiple
+               RDB background saves before the first slaves are fully synchronized. This can cause a race condition 
+               for the RDB file produced by the forked process with the RDB file being used to feed the slaves.
+               I don't think this patch totally eliminates the race condition, but it does eliminate the deadlock 
+               that occurs when the forked process tries to copy the file it produces over the the RDB file being 
+               held open by the slave feeding code. */
+            sprintf(slave->replFileCopy,"%d_%s",  slave->fd, server.rdb_filename);
+            if(CopyFileA( server.rdb_filename, slave->replFileCopy, FALSE) == FALSE) {
+                freeClient(slave);
+                redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Failed to duplicate RDB file. Failing SYNC: %d", GetLastError());
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ((slave->repldbfd = open(slave->replFileCopy,O_RDONLY|_O_BINARY,0)) == -1 ||
 #else
             if ((slave->repldbfd = open(server.rdb_filename,O_RDONLY)) == -1 ||
 #endif