diff --git a/doc/api/net.md b/doc/api/net.md
index 86c9159bcfbcab..c66b87a261152b 100644
--- a/doc/api/net.md
+++ b/doc/api/net.md
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ connections use asynchronous `server.getConnections` instead.
 added: v0.9.7
 -->
 
+* Returns {net.Server}
+
 Asynchronously get the number of concurrent connections on the server. Works
 when sockets were sent to forks.
 
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 19f69aaaad73b8..278153d3bdffc7 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -1558,7 +1558,8 @@ Server.prototype.getConnections = function(cb) {
   }
 
   if (!this._usingSlaves) {
-    return end(null, this._connections);
+    end(null, this._connections);
+    return this;
   }
 
   // Poll slaves
@@ -1578,6 +1579,8 @@ Server.prototype.getConnections = function(cb) {
   for (var n = 0; n < this._slaves.length; n++) {
     this._slaves[n].getConnections(oncount);
   }
+
+  return this;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-pingpong.js b/test/parallel/test-net-pingpong.js
index d030d069c6d1d7..c83cfaf94349df 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-pingpong.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-pingpong.js
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ function pingPongTest(port, host) {
 
   function onSocket(socket) {
     assert.strictEqual(socket.server, server);
-    server.getConnections(common.mustCall(function(err, connections) {
-      assert.ifError(err);
-      assert.strictEqual(connections, 1);
-    }));
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      server,
+      server.getConnections(common.mustCall(function(err, connections) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        assert.strictEqual(connections, 1);
+      }))
+    );
 
     socket.setNoDelay();
     socket.timeout = 0;