diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1f693908cf8..5dac72c8ce3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache 2.5.0
 
+  *) event MPM: Fix possible crashes (third party modules accessing c->sbh)
+     or occasional missed mod_status updates for some initial requests
+     on a connection under load. PR 56639.[Edward Lu <Chaosed0 gmail.com>]
+  
   *) mod_deflate: Don't fail when flushing inflated data to the user-agent
      and that coincides with the end of stream ("Zlib error flushing inflate
      buffer"). PR 56196. [Christoph Fausak <christoph fausak glueckkanja.com>]
diff --git a/server/mpm/event/event.c b/server/mpm/event/event.c
index eab34b8bd9c..9980f5606e1 100644
--- a/server/mpm/event/event.c
+++ b/server/mpm/event/event.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ static int start_lingering_close_common(event_conn_state_t *cs)
             cs->pub.sense == CONN_SENSE_WANT_WRITE ? APR_POLLOUT :
                     APR_POLLIN) | APR_POLLHUP | APR_POLLERR;
     cs->pub.sense = CONN_SENSE_DEFAULT;
+    cs->c->sbh = NULL;
     rv = apr_pollset_add(event_pollset, &cs->pfd);
     apr_thread_mutex_unlock(timeout_mutex);
     if (rv != APR_SUCCESS && !APR_STATUS_IS_EEXIST(rv)) {
@@ -1130,11 +1131,8 @@ static void process_socket(apr_thread_t *thd, apr_pool_t * p, apr_socket_t * soc
     }
 
     if (cs->pub.state == CONN_STATE_LINGER) {
-        if (!start_lingering_close_blocking(cs)) {
-            c->sbh = NULL;
-            notify_suspend(cs);
-            return;
-        }
+        start_lingering_close_blocking(cs);
+        notify_suspend(cs);
     }
     else if (cs->pub.state == CONN_STATE_CHECK_REQUEST_LINE_READABLE) {
         /* It greatly simplifies the logic to use a single timeout value here
@@ -1162,21 +1160,13 @@ static void process_socket(apr_thread_t *thd, apr_pool_t * p, apr_socket_t * soc
                          "process_socket: apr_pollset_add failure");
             AP_DEBUG_ASSERT(rc == APR_SUCCESS);
         }
-        return;
     }
     else if (cs->pub.state == CONN_STATE_SUSPENDED) {
         cs->c->suspended_baton = cs;
         apr_atomic_inc32(&suspended_count);
+        c->sbh = NULL;
+        notify_suspend(cs);
     }
-    /*
-     * Prevent this connection from writing to our connection state after it
-     * is no longer associated with this thread. This would happen if the EOR
-     * bucket is destroyed from the listener thread due to a connection abort
-     * or timeout.
-     */
-    c->sbh = NULL;
-    notify_suspend(cs);
-    return;
 }
 
 /* Put a SUSPENDED connection back into a queue. */