diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 6174b40eac..4b2622be0d 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -667,8 +667,7 @@ Socket.prototype.__defineGetter__('bytesWritten', function() {
       encoding = this._pendingEncoding;
 
   state.buffer.forEach(function(el) {
-    el = el[0];
-    bytes += Buffer.byteLength(el[0], el[1]);
+    bytes += Buffer.byteLength(el.chunk);
   });
 
   if (data)
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-byteswritten.js b/test/simple/test-http-byteswritten.js
index b5e8e579a4..fc090b17dc 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-byteswritten.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-byteswritten.js
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ var httpServer = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
     console.log('ok');
   });
   res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+
+  // Write 1mb to cause some requests to buffer
+  var chunk = new Array(1024).join('A');
+  for (var i = 0; i < 1024; i++) {
+    res.write(chunk);
+  }
+  // Get .bytesWritten while buffer is not empty
+  assert(res.connection.bytesWritten > 0);
+
   res.end(body);
 });