diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 63efb06b8f7f9c..71d81cd64dd58c 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ function socketCloseListener() {
   var parser = socket.parser;
   if (req.res && req.res.readable) {
     // Socket closed before we emitted 'end' below.
-    req.res.emit('aborted');
+    if (!req.res.complete) req.res.emit('aborted');
     var res = req.res;
     res.on('end', function() {
       res.emit('close');