diff --git a/ext/http/00_serve.js b/ext/http/00_serve.js
index 761c3219eb..43b04ff28c 100644
--- a/ext/http/00_serve.js
+++ b/ext/http/00_serve.js
@@ -427,7 +427,17 @@ async function asyncResponse(responseBodies, req, status, stream) {
       responseRid = op_http_set_response_body_stream(req);
       SetPrototypeAdd(responseBodies, responseRid);
       op_http_set_promise_complete(req, status);
-      timeoutPromise = core.writeAll(responseRid, value1);
+      // TODO(mmastrac): if this promise fails before we get to the await below, it crashes
+      // the process with an error:
+      //
+      // 'Uncaught (in promise) BadResource: failed to write'.
+      //
+      // To avoid this, we're going to swallow errors here and allow the code later in the
+      // file to re-throw them in a way that doesn't appear to be an uncaught promise rejection.
+      timeoutPromise = PromisePrototypeCatch(
+        core.writeAll(responseRid, value1),
+        () => null,
+      );
     }, 250);
     const { value: value2, done: done2 } = await reader.read();