diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 2446545ba9..0081432488 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ function OutgoingMessage() {
   this._trailer = '';
 
   this.finished = false;
+  this._hangupClose = false;
 }
 util.inherits(OutgoingMessage, Stream);
 
@@ -501,12 +502,24 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._writeRaw = function(data, encoding) {
     return this.connection.write(data, encoding);
   } else if (this.connection && this.connection.destroyed) {
     // The socket was destroyed.  If we're still trying to write to it,
-    // then something bad happened.
-    // If we've already raised an error on this message, then just ignore.
-    if (!this._hadError) {
-      this.emit('error', createHangUpError());
-      this._hadError = true;
+    // then something bad happened, but it could be just that we haven't
+    // gotten the 'close' event yet.
+    //
+    // In v0.10 and later, this isn't a problem, since ECONNRESET isn't
+    // ignored in the first place.  We'll probably emit 'close' on the
+    // next tick, but just in case it's not coming, set a timeout that
+    // will emit it for us.
+    if (!this._hangupClose) {
+      this._hangupClose = true;
+      var socket = this.socket;
+      var timer = setTimeout(function() {
+        socket.emit('close');
+      });
+      socket.on('close', function() {
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+      });
     }
+    return false;
   } else {
     // buffer, as long as we're not destroyed.
     this._buffer(data, encoding);
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-destroyed-socket-write.js b/test/simple/test-http-destroyed-socket-write.js
index c562987101..b2498fd8aa 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-destroyed-socket-write.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-destroyed-socket-write.js
@@ -75,15 +75,6 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
     var writes = 0;
     var sawFalseWrite;
 
-    var gotError = false;
-    sec.on('error', function(er) {
-      assert.equal(gotError, false);
-      gotError = true;
-      assert(er.code === 'ECONNRESET');
-      clearTimeout(timer);
-      test();
-    });
-
     function write() {
       if (++writes === 64) {
         clearTimeout(timer);
@@ -121,7 +112,7 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
         console.error('bad happened', sec.output, sec.outputEncodings);
       assert.equal(sec.output.length, 0);
       assert.equal(sec.outputEncodings, 0);
-      assert(gotError);
+      assert(sawFalseWrite);
       assert(gotFirstResponse);
       assert(gotFirstData);
       assert(gotFirstEnd);