diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
index 4b9a61cfc1159f..15b5327332d202 100644
--- a/Lib/http/client.py
+++ b/Lib/http/client.py
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ def getresponse(self):
 
             return response
         except:
-            response.close()
+            self.close()
             raise
 
 try:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-29-00-52-37.gh-issue-141938.ZADQRl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-29-00-52-37.gh-issue-141938.ZADQRl.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..755e322ccc5553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-29-00-52-37.gh-issue-141938.ZADQRl.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fix :class:`http.client.HTTPConnection` to properly reset its internal state when
+reading the response raises an exception such as :exc:`TimeoutError`, ensuring
+the connection can be reused or raises appropriate errors on subsequent
+requests.