diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index 69f498e3d0e1ef..dadbaefa9ce634 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ function onSessionHeaders(handle, id, cat, flags, headers) {
       }
     } else {
       stream = new ClientHttp2Stream(session, handle, id, opts);
+      stream.end();
     }
     if (endOfStream)
       stream[kState].endAfterHeaders = true;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-server-push-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-server-push-stream.js
index 69e74349475c42..74d41ba4b9c672 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http2-server-push-stream.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-server-push-stream.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
       assert.strictEqual(headers['content-type'], 'text/html');
       assert.strictEqual(headers['x-push-data'], 'pushed by server');
     }));
+    stream.on('aborted', common.mustNotCall());
   }));
 
   let data = '';