diff --git a/test/simple/test-https-localaddress-bind-error.js b/test/simple/test-https-localaddress-bind-error.js
index 157df05804..0c4f8da4c4 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-https-localaddress-bind-error.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-https-localaddress-bind-error.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ var server = https.createServer(options, function(req, res) {
     res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
     res.end('You are from: ' + req.connection.remoteAddress);
   });
+  req.resume();
 });
 
 server.listen(common.PORT, "127.0.0.1", function() {
diff --git a/test/simple/test-https-localaddress.js b/test/simple/test-https-localaddress.js
index b6381b6c0f..f577af3ac8 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-https-localaddress.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-https-localaddress.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var server = https.createServer(options, function (req, res) {
     res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
     res.end('You are from: ' + req.connection.remoteAddress);
   });
+  req.resume();
 });
 
 server.listen(common.PORT, "127.0.0.1", function() {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, "127.0.0.1", function() {
       server.close();
       process.exit();
     });
+    res.resume();
   });
   req.end();
 });