diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index c58be1fc3acdb2..dfab2fce131122 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const { OutgoingMessage } = require('_http_outgoing');
 const Agent = require('_http_agent');
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const { urlToOptions, searchParamsSymbol } = require('internal/url');
-const { outHeadersKey } = require('internal/http');
+const { outHeadersKey, ondrain } = require('internal/http');
 const { nextTick } = require('internal/process/next_tick');
 
 // The actual list of disallowed characters in regexp form is more like:
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ function socketOnData(d) {
 
     socket.removeListener('data', socketOnData);
     socket.removeListener('end', socketOnEnd);
+    socket.removeListener('drain', ondrain);
     parser.finish();
     freeParser(parser, req, socket);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js b/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js
index 0ec682d1b7a03d..9499cd95275f8c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-connect.js
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
     assert.strictEqual(socket._httpMessage, null);
     assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('connect').length, 0);
     assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('data').length, 0);
+    assert.strictEqual(socket.listeners('drain').length, 0);
 
     // the stream.Duplex onend listener
     // allow 0 here, so that i can run the same test on streams1 impl