diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index f3b88b62730175..ee694a472462be 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ function socketOnData(d) {
     prepareError(ret, parser, d);
     debug('parse error', ret);
     freeParser(parser, req, socket);
+    socket.removeListener('data', socketOnData);
+    socket.removeListener('end', socketOnEnd);
     socket.destroy();
     req.socket._hadError = true;
     req.emit('error', ret);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-client-parse-error.js b/test/parallel/test-http-client-parse-error.js
index 2c18bdbede0139..5d0ad4b1463ed5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-client-parse-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-client-parse-error.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const http = require('http');
 const net = require('net');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const Countdown = require('../common/countdown');
 
 const countdown = new Countdown(2, () => server.close());
@@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ const server =
 
 server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
   for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-    http.get({
+    const req = http.get({
       port: server.address().port,
       path: '/'
     }).on('error', common.mustCall((e) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(req.socket.listenerCount('data'), 0);
+      assert.strictEqual(req.socket.listenerCount('end'), 1);
       common.expectsError({
         code: 'HPE_INVALID_CONSTANT',
         message: 'Parse Error: Expected HTTP/'