diff --git a/cli/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
index 4732781f8b..d54368003d 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
@@ -196,11 +196,14 @@ Deno.test("[node/http] request default protocol", async () => {
   // @ts-ignore IncomingMessageForClient
   // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
   let clientRes: any;
+  // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
+  let clientReq: any;
   server.listen(() => {
-    const req = http.request(
+    clientReq = http.request(
       // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
       { host: "localhost", port: (server.address() as any).port },
       (res) => {
+        assert(res.socket instanceof EventEmitter);
         assertEquals(res.complete, false);
         res.on("data", () => {});
         res.on("end", () => {
@@ -211,13 +214,14 @@ Deno.test("[node/http] request default protocol", async () => {
         promise2.resolve();
       },
     );
-    req.end();
+    clientReq.end();
   });
   server.on("close", () => {
     promise.resolve();
   });
   await promise;
   await promise2;
+  assert(clientReq.socket instanceof EventEmitter);
   assertEquals(clientRes!.complete, true);
 });
 
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
index ff6dede3f4..0529ccca59 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ const kError = Symbol("kError");
 
 const kUniqueHeaders = Symbol("kUniqueHeaders");
 
+class FakeSocket extends EventEmitter {
+}
+
 /** ClientRequest represents the http(s) request from the client */
 class ClientRequest extends OutgoingMessage {
   defaultProtocol = "http:";
@@ -544,6 +547,7 @@ class ClientRequest extends OutgoingMessage {
         this.onSocket(createConnection(optsWithoutSignal));
       }
     }*/
+    this.onSocket(new FakeSocket());
 
     const url = this._createUrlStrFromOptions();
 
@@ -573,41 +577,12 @@ class ClientRequest extends OutgoingMessage {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  onSocket(socket, err) {
-    if (this.destroyed || err) {
-      this.destroyed = true;
-
-      // deno-lint-ignore no-inner-declarations
-      function _destroy(req, err) {
-        if (!req.aborted && !err) {
-          err = connResetException("socket hang up");
-        }
-        if (err) {
-          req.emit("error", err);
-        }
-        req._closed = true;
-        req.emit("close");
-      }
-
-      if (socket) {
-        if (!err && this.agent && !socket.destroyed) {
-          socket.emit("free");
-        } else {
-          finished(socket.destroy(err || this[kError]), (er) => {
-            if (er?.code === "ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE") {
-              er = null;
-            }
-            _destroy(this, er || err);
-          });
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-
-      _destroy(this, err || this[kError]);
-    } else {
-      //tickOnSocket(this, socket);
-      //this._flush();
-    }
+  // TODO(bartlomieju): handle error
+  onSocket(socket, _err) {
+    nextTick(() => {
+      this.socket = socket;
+      this.emit("socket", socket);
+    });
   }
 
   // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any