diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-cancel-while-client-reading.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-cancel-while-client-reading.js
index 0605a02e116626..189e128e6667ef 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http2-cancel-while-client-reading.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-cancel-while-client-reading.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ server.on('stream', common.mustCall(function(stream) {
     client_stream.pause();
     client_stream.close(http2.constants.NGHTTP2_CANCEL);
   });
+  stream.on('error', () => {});
 }));
 
 server.listen(0, function() {