diff --git a/src/node_http_parser.cc b/src/node_http_parser.cc
index 21be19eb84cd0c..5f831ec50696aa 100644
--- a/src/node_http_parser.cc
+++ b/src/node_http_parser.cc
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@ class Parser : public BaseObject {
 
   static void Close(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     Parser* parser = Unwrap<Parser>(args.Holder());
-    delete parser;
+
+    if (--parser->refcount_ == 0)
+      delete parser;
   }
 
 
@@ -504,6 +506,22 @@ class Parser : public BaseObject {
   }
 
  protected:
+  class ScopedRetainParser {
+   public:
+    explicit ScopedRetainParser(Parser* p) : p_(p) {
+      CHECK_GT(p_->refcount_, 0);
+      p_->refcount_++;
+    }
+
+    ~ScopedRetainParser() {
+      if (0 == --p_->refcount_)
+        delete p_;
+    }
+
+   private:
+    Parser* const p_;
+  };
+
   static const size_t kAllocBufferSize = 64 * 1024;
 
   static void OnAllocImpl(size_t suggested_size, uv_buf_t* buf, void* ctx) {
@@ -540,6 +558,8 @@ class Parser : public BaseObject {
     if (nread == 0)
       return;
 
+    ScopedRetainParser retain(parser);
+
     parser->current_buffer_.Clear();
     Local<Value> ret = parser->Execute(buf->base, nread);
 
@@ -668,7 +688,10 @@ class Parser : public BaseObject {
   char* current_buffer_data_;
   StreamResource::Callback<StreamResource::AllocCb> prev_alloc_cb_;
   StreamResource::Callback<StreamResource::ReadCb> prev_read_cb_;
+  int refcount_ = 1;
   static const struct http_parser_settings settings;
+
+  friend class ScopedRetainParser;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-regr-gh-2928.js b/test/parallel/test-http-regr-gh-2928.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..92cfd9ca356d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-regr-gh-2928.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const httpCommon = require('_http_common');
+const HTTPParser = process.binding('http_parser').HTTPParser;
+const net = require('net');
+
+const PARALLEL = 30;
+const COUNT = httpCommon.parsers.max + 100;
+
+const parsers = new Array(COUNT);
+for (var i = 0; i < parsers.length; i++)
+  parsers[i] = httpCommon.parsers.alloc();
+
+var gotRequests = 0;
+var gotResponses = 0;
+
+function execAndClose() {
+  process.stdout.write('.');
+  if (parsers.length === 0)
+    return;
+
+  const parser = parsers.pop();
+  parser.reinitialize(HTTPParser.RESPONSE);
+  const socket = net.connect(common.PORT);
+  parser.consume(socket._handle._externalStream);
+
+  parser.onIncoming = function onIncoming() {
+    process.stdout.write('+');
+    gotResponses++;
+    parser.unconsume(socket._handle._externalStream);
+    httpCommon.freeParser(parser);
+    socket.destroy();
+    setImmediate(execAndClose);
+  };
+}
+
+var server = net.createServer(function(c) {
+  if (++gotRequests === COUNT)
+    server.close();
+  c.end('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n', function() {
+    c.destroySoon();
+  });
+}).listen(common.PORT, function() {
+  for (var i = 0; i < PARALLEL; i++)
+    execAndClose();
+});
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.equal(gotResponses, COUNT);
+});