diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 867e1df7ccc252..df3c3d328afb3a 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ function onSocketFinish() {
 
   var req = new ShutdownWrap();
   req.oncomplete = afterShutdown;
+  req.handle = this._handle;
   var err = this._handle.shutdown(req);
 
   if (err)
@@ -627,6 +628,7 @@ Socket.prototype._writeGeneric = function(writev, data, encoding, cb) {
   }
 
   var req = new WriteWrap();
+  req.handle = this._handle;
   req.oncomplete = afterWrite;
   req.async = false;
   var err;