diff --git a/lib/_http_agent.js b/lib/_http_agent.js
index 9208044a940afd..1db331c3d12aa6 100644
--- a/lib/_http_agent.js
+++ b/lib/_http_agent.js
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ Agent.prototype.getName = function(options) {
   name += ':';
   if (options.localAddress)
     name += options.localAddress;
-  name += ':';
   return name;
 };
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-agent-getname.js b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-getname.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d8d30a8ddbc25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-getname.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+var http = require('http');
+var common = require('../common');
+
+var agent = new http.Agent();
+
+// default to localhost
+assert.equal(
+  agent.getName({
+    port: 80,
+    localAddress: '192.168.1.1'
+  }),
+  'localhost:80:192.168.1.1'
+);
+
+// empty
+assert.equal(
+  agent.getName({}),
+  'localhost::'
+);
+
+// pass all arguments
+assert.equal(
+  agent.getName({
+    host: '0.0.0.0',
+    port: 80,
+    localAddress: '192.168.1.1'
+  }),
+  '0.0.0.0:80:192.168.1.1'
+);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-agent-keepalive.js b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-keepalive.js
index f82af380bce1a9..ef9553c8316841 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-agent-keepalive.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-keepalive.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function get(path, callback) {
   }, callback);
 }
 
-var name = 'localhost:' + common.PORT + '::';
+var name = 'localhost:' + common.PORT + ':';
 
 function checkDataAndSockets(body) {
   assert.equal(body.toString(), 'hello world');