diff --git a/lib/core/client.js b/lib/core/client.js
index 525a4b7845f..9b742674b4d 100644
--- a/lib/core/client.js
+++ b/lib/core/client.js
@@ -798,7 +798,10 @@ function socketPause () {
   // TODO: Pause parser.
   if (this._handle && this._handle.reading) {
     this._handle.reading = false
-    this._handle.readStop()
+    const err = this._handle.readStop()
+    if (err) {
+      this.destroy(util.errnoException(err, 'read'))
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -806,7 +809,10 @@ function socketResume () {
   // TODO: Resume parser.
   if (this._handle && !this._handle.reading) {
     this._handle.reading = true
-    this._handle.readStart()
+    const err = this._handle.readStart()
+    if (err) {
+      this.destroy(util.errnoException(err, 'read'))
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/core/util.js b/lib/core/util.js
index bf3a00ab607..397576c7ae1 100644
--- a/lib/core/util.js
+++ b/lib/core/util.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const assert = require('assert')
 const { kDestroyed } = require('./symbols')
 const { IncomingMessage } = require('http')
+const util = require('util')
 
 function nop () {}
 
@@ -76,8 +77,20 @@ function isBuffer (buffer) {
   return buffer instanceof Uint8Array || Buffer.isBuffer(buffer)
 }
 
+function errnoException (code, syscall) {
+  const name = util.getSystemErrorName(code)
+
+  const err = new Error(`${syscall} ${name}`)
+  err.errno = err
+  err.code = code
+  err.syscall = syscall
+
+  return err
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   nop,
+  errnoException,
   isStream,
   isDestroyed,
   parseHeaders,