diff --git a/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js b/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
index 2a31221f11d2d6..df26119be0fca4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
+++ b/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function onStreamRead(arrayBuffer) {
 
 function setStreamTimeout(msecs, callback) {
   if (this.destroyed)
-    return;
+    return this;
 
   this.timeout = msecs;
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js b/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js
index 8b197b44d61281..e01304afe53f01 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-socket-timeout.js
@@ -70,8 +70,12 @@ for (let i = 0; i < invalidCallbacks.length; i++) {
 const server = net.Server();
 server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
   const socket = net.createConnection(server.address().port);
-  socket.setTimeout(1, common.mustCall(() => {
-    socket.destroy();
-    server.close();
-  }));
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    socket.setTimeout(1, common.mustCall(() => {
+      socket.destroy();
+      assert.strictEqual(socket.setTimeout(1, common.mustNotCall()), socket);
+      server.close();
+    })),
+    socket
+  );
 }));