diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index f2fea5d540..34e84b6617 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.onSocket = function(socket) {
         socket.ondata = null;
         socket.onend = null;
         parser.finish();
-        parsers.free(parser);
+        freeParser();
 
         // This is start + byteParsed
         var bodyHead = d.slice(start + bytesParsed, end);
@@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.onSocket = function(socket) {
           // Got Upgrade header or CONNECT method, but have no handler.
           socket.destroy();
         }
-        freeParser();
       } else if (parser.incoming && parser.incoming.complete &&
                  // When the status code is 100 (Continue), the server will
                  // send a final response after this client sends a request
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-after-connect.js b/test/simple/test-http-after-connect.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6451bb85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-after-connect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+// following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var http = require('http');
+
+var serverConnected = false;
+var serverRequests = 0;
+var clientResponses = 0;
+
+var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  common.debug('Server got GET request');
+  ++serverRequests;
+  res.writeHead(200);
+  res.write('');
+  setTimeout(function() {
+    res.end(req.url);
+  }, 50);
+});
+server.on('connect', function(req, socket, firstBodyChunk) {
+  common.debug('Server got CONNECT request');
+  serverConnected = true;
+  socket.write('HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established\r\n\r\n');
+  socket.on('end', function() {
+    socket.end();
+  });
+});
+server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
+  var req = http.request({
+    port: common.PORT,
+    method: 'CONNECT',
+    path: 'google.com:80'
+  });
+  req.on('connect', function(res, socket, firstBodyChunk) {
+    common.debug('Client got CONNECT response');
+    socket.end();
+    socket.on('end', function() {
+      doRequest(0);
+      doRequest(1);
+    });
+  });
+  req.end();
+});
+
+function doRequest(i) {
+  var req = http.get({
+    port: common.PORT,
+    path: '/request' + i
+  }, function(res) {
+    common.debug('Client got GET response');
+    var data = '';
+    res.setEncoding('utf8');
+    res.on('data', function(chunk) {
+      data += chunk;
+    });
+    res.on('end', function() {
+      assert.equal(data, '/request' + i);
+      ++clientResponses;
+      if (clientResponses === 2) {
+        server.close();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert(serverConnected);
+  assert.equal(serverRequests, 2);
+  assert.equal(clientResponses, 2);
+});