@@ -375,9 +375,6 @@ function _destroy(req, socket, err) {
     socket.destroy(err);
   } else {
     socket.emit('free');
-    if (!req.aborted && !err) {
-      err = connResetException('socket hang up');
-    }
     if (err) {
       req.emit('error', err);
     }
@@ -427,7 +424,7 @@ function socketCloseListener() {
       res.emit('close');
     }
   } else {
-    if (!req.socket._hadError) {
+    if (!req.destroyed && !req.socket._hadError) {
       // This socket error fired before we started to
       // receive a response. The error needs to
       // fire on the request.
 
@@ -29,13 +29,7 @@ for (const destroyer of ['destroy', 'abort']) {
     const req = http.get({ agent, port }, common.mustNotCall());
     req[destroyer]();
 
-    if (destroyer === 'destroy') {
-      req.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
-        assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ECONNRESET');
-      }));
-    } else {
-      req.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
-    }
+    req.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
 
     http.get({ agent, port }, common.mustCall((res) => {
       res.resume();
 
@@ -5,24 +5,15 @@ const common = require('../common');
 // event when a request is made and the socket is closed before we started to
 // receive a response.
 
-const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
 
 const server = http.createServer(common.mustNotCall());
 
 server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
   const req = http.get({ port: server.address().port }, common.mustNotCall());
-  let errorEmitted = false;
-
-  req.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
-    errorEmitted = true;
-    assert.strictEqual(err.constructor, Error);
-    assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'socket hang up');
-    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ECONNRESET');
-  }));
 
+  req.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
   req.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
-    assert.strictEqual(errorEmitted, true);
     server.close();
   }));