diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index ce613a71a..320ac5868 100755
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -586,6 +586,12 @@ internals.event = function ({ request }, event, err) {
 
     request._isPayloadPending = false;
 
+    if (event === 'close' &&
+        request.raw.res.finished) {
+
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (event === 'end') {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/lib/transmit.js b/lib/transmit.js
index 781508ba2..88f4b2cf9 100755
--- a/lib/transmit.js
+++ b/lib/transmit.js
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ internals.pipe = function (request, stream) {
 
     request.raw.req.on('aborted', aborted);
     request.raw.req.on('close', close);
+
     request.raw.res.on('close', close);
     request.raw.res.on('error', end);
     request.raw.res.on('finish', end);
@@ -265,12 +266,20 @@ internals.pipe = function (request, stream) {
 internals.end = function (env, event, err) {
 
     const { request, stream, team } = env;
+
     if (!team) {                                                                // Used instead of cleaning up emitter listeners
         return;
     }
 
     env.team = null;
 
+    if (event === 'close' &&
+        request.raw.res.finished) {
+
+        team.attend();
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (err) {
         request.raw.res.destroy();
         Response.drain(stream);
diff --git a/test/request.js b/test/request.js
index d324e29b0..6cdd2897a 100755
--- a/test/request.js
+++ b/test/request.js
@@ -1770,4 +1770,24 @@ describe('Request', () => {
             await server.stop({ timeout: 1 });
         });
     });
+
+    describe('event()', () => {
+
+        it('does not emit request error on normal close', async () => {
+
+            const server = Hapi.server();
+            const events = [];
+            server.events.on('request', (request, event, tags) => events.push(tags));
+
+            server.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/', handler: () => 'ok' });
+
+            await server.start();
+
+            const { payload } = await Wreck.get('http://localhost:' + server.info.port);
+            expect(payload.toString()).to.equal('ok');
+            await server.stop();
+
+            expect(events).to.have.length(0);
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/transmit.js b/test/transmit.js
index c374785a5..e7cf6eeac 100755
--- a/test/transmit.js
+++ b/test/transmit.js
@@ -1875,6 +1875,41 @@ describe('transmission', () => {
             expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(500);
         });
     });
+
+    describe('end()', () => {
+
+        it('node v8 and v10 coverage', async () => {
+
+            const AbortStream = class extends Stream.Readable {
+
+                constructor(request) {
+
+                    super();
+                    this.request = request;
+                }
+
+                _read(size) {
+
+                    if (this.isDone) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    this.isDone = true;
+                    this.push('here is the response');
+                    this.push(null);
+
+                    this.request.raw.res.finished = true;
+                    this.request.raw.req.emit('close');
+                }
+            };
+
+            const server = Hapi.server();
+            server.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/', handler: (request, h) => new AbortStream(request) });
+
+            const res = await server.inject({ url: '/' });
+            expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+        });
+    });
 });