diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index f2a298b6e5df69..518ffca5553ed4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ function closeStream(stream, code, rstStreamStatus = kSubmitRstStream) {
   if (!ending) {
     // If the writable side of the Http2Stream is still open, emit the
     // 'aborted' event and set the aborted flag.
-    if (!stream.aborted) {
+    if (!stream.aborted && !stream.state.localClose) {
       state.flags |= STREAM_FLAGS_ABORTED;
       stream.emit('aborted');
     }