diff --git a/src/ll/request.rs b/src/ll/request.rs
index 29287151..be2f4dde 100644
--- a/src/ll/request.rs
+++ b/src/ll/request.rs
@@ -1317,11 +1317,6 @@ mod op {
         #[expect(dead_code)]
         header: &'a fuse_in_header,
     }
-    impl<'a> Destroy<'a> {
-        pub(crate) fn reply(&self) -> Response<'a> {
-            Response::new_empty()
-        }
-    }
 
     /// Control device
     #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index b3369211..06871b00 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub(crate) struct RequestWithSender<'a> {
     /// Channel sender for sending the reply
     ch: ChannelSender,
     /// Parsed request
-    request: ll::AnyRequest<'a>,
+    pub(crate) request: ll::AnyRequest<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> RequestWithSender<'a> {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl<'a> RequestWithSender<'a> {
     /// Dispatch request to the given filesystem.
     /// This calls the appropriate filesystem operation method for the
     /// request and sends back the returned reply to the kernel
-    pub(crate) fn dispatch<FS: Filesystem>(&self, se: &mut Session<FS>) {
+    pub(crate) fn dispatch<FS: Filesystem>(&self, se: &Session<FS>) {
         debug!("{}", self.request);
         let res = match self.dispatch_req(se) {
             Ok(Some(resp)) => resp,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'a> RequestWithSender<'a> {
 
     fn dispatch_req<FS: Filesystem>(
         &self,
-        se: &mut Session<FS>,
+        se: &Session<FS>,
     ) -> Result<Option<Response<'_>>, Errno> {
         let op = self.request.operation().map_err(|_| Errno::ENOSYS)?;
         // Implement allow_root & access check for auto_unmount
@@ -103,11 +103,9 @@ impl<'a> RequestWithSender<'a> {
                 error!("Unexpected FUSE_INIT after handshake completed");
                 return Err(Errno::EIO);
             }
-            // Filesystem destroyed
-            ll::Operation::Destroy(x) => {
-                se.filesystem.destroy();
-                se.destroyed = true;
-                return Ok(Some(x.reply()));
+            ll::Operation::Destroy(_x) => {
+                // This is handled before dispatch call.
+                return Err(Errno::EIO);
             }
             // Any operation is invalid after destroy
             _ if se.destroyed => {
@@ -557,7 +555,7 @@ impl<'a> RequestWithSender<'a> {
 
     /// Create a reply object for this request that can be passed to the filesystem
     /// implementation and makes sure that a request is replied exactly once
-    fn reply<T: Reply>(&self) -> T {
+    pub(crate) fn reply<T: Reply>(&self) -> T {
         Reply::new(self.request.unique(), ReplySender::Channel(self.ch.clone()))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index 4eff2b82..32218241 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ use crate::Errno;
 use crate::Filesystem;
 use crate::KernelConfig;
 use crate::MountOption;
+use crate::ReplyEmpty;
 use crate::Request;
 use crate::channel::Channel;
 use crate::channel::ChannelSender;
 use crate::dev_fuse::DevFuse;
 use crate::ll;
+use crate::ll::Operation;
 use crate::ll::Response;
 use crate::ll::Version;
 use crate::ll::flags::init_flags::InitFlags;
@@ -169,15 +171,43 @@ impl<FS: Filesystem> Session<FS> {
 
         self.handshake(buf)?;
 
+        let ret = self.event_loop(buf);
+
+        self.filesystem.destroy();
+        self.destroyed = true;
+
+        match ret {
+            Err(e) => Err(e),
+            Ok(None) => Ok(()),
+            Ok(Some(destroy_reply)) => {
+                destroy_reply.ok();
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return `Some` if reply to `FUSE_DESTROY` needs to be sent.
+    fn event_loop(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<Option<ReplyEmpty>> {
         loop {
             // Read the next request from the given channel to kernel driver
             // The kernel driver makes sure that we get exactly one request per read
             match self.ch.receive(buf) {
                 Ok(size) => match RequestWithSender::new(self.ch.sender(), &buf[..size]) {
                     // Dispatch request
-                    Some(req) => req.dispatch(&mut self),
+                    Some(req) => {
+                        if let Ok(Operation::Destroy(_)) = req.request.operation() {
+                            return Ok(Some(req.reply()));
+                        } else {
+                            req.dispatch(self)
+                        }
+                    }
                     // Quit loop on illegal request
-                    None => break,
+                    None => {
+                        return Err(io::Error::new(
+                            io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                            "Invalid request",
+                        ));
+                    }
                 },
                 Err(err) => match err.raw_os_error() {
                     Some(
@@ -185,13 +215,12 @@ impl<FS: Filesystem> Session<FS> {
                         | EINTR // Interrupted system call, retry
                         | EAGAIN // Explicitly instructed to try again
                     ) => continue,
-                    Some(ENODEV) => break,
+                    Some(ENODEV) => return Ok(None),
                     // Unhandled error
                     _ => return Err(err),
                 },
             }
         }
-        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn handshake(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {