diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 1d093bab8bdf33..e83eeae85856e1 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ function onParserExecuteCommon(server, socket, parser, state, ret, d) {
     socket.removeListener('close', state.onClose);
     socket.removeListener('drain', state.onDrain);
     socket.removeListener('drain', ondrain);
+    socket.removeListener('error', socketOnError);
     unconsume(parser, socket);
     parser.finish();
     freeParser(parser, req, null);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js b/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js
index b019c61573e3fa..105c69ce900b22 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ server.on('connect', common.mustCall((req, socket, firstBodyChunk) => {
   assert.strictEqual(req.method, 'CONNECT');
   assert.strictEqual(req.url, 'google.com:443');
 
+  // Make sure this socket has detached.
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('close').length, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('drain').length, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('data').length, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('end').length, 1);
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('error').length, 0);
+
   socket.write('HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established\r\n\r\n');
 
   let data = firstBodyChunk.toString();