diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index be2af549d9..05de4c084c 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -1256,6 +1256,9 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.onSocket = function(socket) {
     var freeParser = function() {
       if (parser) {
         parsers.free(parser);
+        parser.socket.onend = null;
+        parser.socket.ondata = null;
+        parser.socket = null;
         parser = null;
       }
     };