diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 045e0b2f719..0d06919ea01 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ function resOnFinish(req, res, socket, state, server) {
 }
 
 function emitCloseNT(self) {
-  if (!self.destroyed) {
+  if (!self._closed) {
     self.destroyed = true;
     self._closed = true;
     self.emit('close');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-response-close.js b/test/parallel/test-http-response-close.js
index 0435cd0ee37..848d316d8ad 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-response-close.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-response-close.js
@@ -78,3 +78,25 @@ const assert = require('assert');
     })
   );
 }
+
+{
+  const server = http.createServer(
+    common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+      res.on('close', common.mustCall());
+      res.destroy();
+    })
+  );
+
+  server.listen(
+    0,
+    common.mustCall(() => {
+      http.get(
+        { port: server.address().port },
+        common.mustNotCall()
+      )
+      .on('error', common.mustCall(() => {
+        server.close();
+      }));
+    })
+  );
+}