diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
index 39d2b50a60..edb8dcca4b 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { TextEncoder } from "ext:deno_web/08_text_encoding.js";
 import { setTimeout } from "ext:deno_web/02_timers.js";
 import {
   _normalizeArgs,
-  createConnection as netCreateConnection,
+  createConnection,
   ListenOptions,
   Socket,
 } from "node:net";
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class ClientRequest extends OutgoingMessage {
         }
       } else {
         debug("CLIENT use net.createConnection", optsWithoutSignal);
-        this.onSocket(netCreateConnection(optsWithoutSignal));
+        this.onSocket(createConnection(optsWithoutSignal));
       }
     }
   }
@@ -641,12 +641,13 @@ class ClientRequest extends OutgoingMessage {
     if (chunk) {
       this.write_(chunk, encoding, null, true);
     } else if (!this._headerSent) {
-      if (this.socket && !this.socket.connecting) {
+      if (
+        (this.socket && !this.socket.connecting) || // socket is not connecting, or
+        (!this.socket && this.outputData.length === 0) // no data to send
+      ) {
         this._contentLength = 0;
         this._implicitHeader();
         this._send("", "latin1");
-      } else {
-        //
       }
     }
     if (this.socket && this._bodyWriter) {
@@ -696,6 +697,7 @@ class ClientRequest extends OutgoingMessage {
     }
     this.aborted = true;
     this.emit("abort");
+    //process.nextTick(emitAbortNT, this);
     this.destroy();
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts b/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
index 091fa7a54a..9da33b532d 100644
--- a/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
@@ -665,9 +665,7 @@ Deno.test("[node/http] server unref", async () => {
   assertEquals(statusCode, 0);
 });
 
-Deno.test("[node/http] ClientRequest handle non-string headers", {
-  ignore: true,
-}, async () => {
+Deno.test("[node/http] ClientRequest handle non-string headers", async () => {
   // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
   let headers: any;
   const { promise, resolve, reject } = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
@@ -709,7 +707,6 @@ Deno.test("[node/http] ClientRequest uses HTTP/1.1", {
   req.once("error", (e) => reject(e));
   req.end();
   await promise;
-  console.log(body);
   assertEquals(body, "HTTP/1.1");
 });