diff --git a/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js b/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
index c96da58ba1..917acd5c27 100644
--- a/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
+++ b/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function afterWriteDispatched(self, req, err) {
   if (err !== 0)
     return self.destroy(
       errnoException(err, 'write', req.error),
-      req.callback());
+      req.callback);
 
   if (!req.async && typeof req.callback === 'function') {
     req.callback();