diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index b45e4601f..d44d6e772 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 - Fixed a bug where hashcat is suppressing --machine-readable output in the final status update
 - Fixed a bug where hashcat did not check the return of realpath() and crashes uncontrolled if the path does not exist
+- Fixed a bug where hashcat crashes for accessing deallocated buffer if user spams "s" shortly before hashcat shuts down
 
 * changes v2.01 -> v3.00:
 
diff --git a/src/hashcat.c b/src/hashcat.c
index 13ee720b4..958ceb79a 100644
--- a/src/hashcat.c
+++ b/src/hashcat.c
@@ -925,6 +925,9 @@ void status_display ()
   if (data.devices_status == STATUS_INIT)     return;
   if (data.devices_status == STATUS_STARTING) return;
 
+  // in this case some required buffers are free'd, ascii_digest() would run into segfault
+  if (data.shutdown_inner == 1) return;
+
   if (data.machine_readable == 1)
   {
     status_display_machine_readable ();
@@ -1715,6 +1718,8 @@ static void status_benchmark ()
   if (data.devices_status == STATUS_INIT)     return;
   if (data.devices_status == STATUS_STARTING) return;
 
+  if (data.shutdown_inner == 1) return;
+
   if (data.machine_readable == 1)
   {
     status_benchmark_automate ();