diff --git a/src/stream_base-inl.h b/src/stream_base-inl.h
index c1590cc957e230..28b0b209922cc2 100644
--- a/src/stream_base-inl.h
+++ b/src/stream_base-inl.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ void StreamReq::Done(int status, const char* error_str) {
   AsyncWrap* async_wrap = GetAsyncWrap();
   Environment* env = async_wrap->env();
   if (error_str != nullptr) {
+    v8::HandleScope handle_scope(env->isolate());
     async_wrap->object()->Set(env->context(),
                               env->error_string(),
                               OneByteString(env->isolate(), error_str))
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-agent-unref-socket.js b/test/parallel/test-https-agent-unref-socket.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b2863a74d817d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-agent-unref-socket.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const https = require('https');
+
+const request = https.get('https://example.com');
+
+request.on('socket', (socket) => {
+  socket.unref();
+});