diff --git a/cpp/src/plasma/client.cc b/cpp/src/plasma/client.cc
index 733217d0212..2a6f1836a31 100644
--- a/cpp/src/plasma/client.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/plasma/client.cc
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@
 #include <Win32_Interop/win32_types.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <strings.h>
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ class ARROW_NO_EXPORT PlasmaBuffer : public Buffer {
  public:
   ~PlasmaBuffer();
 
-  PlasmaBuffer(PlasmaClient::Impl* client, const ObjectID& object_id,
+  PlasmaBuffer(std::shared_ptr<PlasmaClient::Impl> client, const ObjectID& object_id,
                const std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& buffer)
       : Buffer(buffer, 0, buffer->size()), client_(client), object_id_(object_id) {
     if (buffer->is_mutable()) {
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ class ARROW_NO_EXPORT PlasmaBuffer : public Buffer {
   }
 
  private:
-  PlasmaClient::Impl* client_;
+  std::shared_ptr<PlasmaClient::Impl> client_;
   ObjectID object_id_;
 };
 
@@ -155,7 +153,7 @@ struct ClientMmapTableEntry {
   int count;
 };
 
-class PlasmaClient::Impl {
+class PlasmaClient::Impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<PlasmaClient::Impl> {
  public:
   Impl();
   ~Impl();
@@ -558,7 +556,7 @@ Status PlasmaClient::Impl::Get(const std::vector<ObjectID>& object_ids,
                                int64_t timeout_ms, std::vector<ObjectBuffer>* out) {
   const auto wrap_buffer = [=](const ObjectID& object_id,
                                const std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& buffer) {
-    return std::make_shared<PlasmaBuffer>(this, object_id, buffer);
+    return std::make_shared<PlasmaBuffer>(shared_from_this(), object_id, buffer);
   };
   const size_t num_objects = object_ids.size();
   *out = std::vector<ObjectBuffer>(num_objects);
diff --git a/cpp/src/plasma/format/plasma.fbs b/cpp/src/plasma/format/plasma.fbs
index 71e6f5c19fa..0258cdff331 100644
--- a/cpp/src/plasma/format/plasma.fbs
+++ b/cpp/src/plasma/format/plasma.fbs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ table PlasmaStatusRequest {
 
 enum ObjectStatus:int {
   // Object is stored in the local Plasma Store.
-  Local = 1,
+  Local,
   // Object is stored on a remote Plasma store, and it is not stored on the
   // local Plasma Store.
   Remote,
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_plasma.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_plasma.py
index 32a4ed338f5..1589c1bb304 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_plasma.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_plasma.py
@@ -840,3 +840,19 @@ def test_use_huge_pages():
                             use_hugepages=True) as (plasma_store_name, p):
         plasma_client = plasma.connect(plasma_store_name, "", 64)
         create_object(plasma_client, 100000000)
+
+
+# This is checking to make sure plasma_clients cannot be destroyed
+# before all the PlasmaBuffers that have handles to them are
+# destroyed, see ARROW-2448.
+@pytest.mark.plasma
+def test_plasma_client_sharing():
+    import pyarrow.plasma as plasma
+
+    with start_plasma_store() as (plasma_store_name, p):
+        plasma_client = plasma.connect(plasma_store_name, "", 64)
+        object_id = plasma_client.put(np.zeros(3))
+        buf = plasma_client.get(object_id)
+        del plasma_client
+        assert (buf == np.zeros(3)).all()
+        del buf  # This segfaulted pre ARROW-2448.