diff --git a/lib/_stream_writable.js b/lib/_stream_writable.js
index 9b75b672cbd843..35926ad9d43b87 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_writable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_writable.js
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Writable.prototype.write = function(chunk, encoding, cb) {
   } else if (state.destroyed) {
     const err = new ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED('write');
     process.nextTick(cb, err);
-    errorOrDestroy(this, err);
+    errorOrDestroy(this, err, true);
   } else if (isBuf || validChunk(this, state, chunk, cb)) {
     state.pendingcb++;
     ret = writeOrBuffer(this, state, isBuf, chunk, encoding, cb);
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index 8708ca022c7f8d..7c4c87bc933053 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function undestroy() {
   }
 }
 
-function errorOrDestroy(stream, err) {
+function errorOrDestroy(stream, err, tick) {
   // We have tests that rely on errors being emitted
   // in the same tick, so changing this is semver major.
   // For now when you opt-in to autoDestroy we allow
@@ -123,8 +123,13 @@ function errorOrDestroy(stream, err) {
 
   if ((r && r.autoDestroy) || (w && w.autoDestroy))
     stream.destroy(err);
-  else if (needError(stream, err))
-    stream.emit('error', err);
+  else if (needError(stream, err)) {
+    if (tick) {
+      process.nextTick(emitErrorNT, stream, err);
+    } else {
+      stream.emit('error', err);
+    }
+  }
 }