diff --git a/lib/_http_common.js b/lib/_http_common.js
index e97670f0acaf11..361776f249810e 100644
--- a/lib/_http_common.js
+++ b/lib/_http_common.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ let debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('http', (fn) => {
 
 const kIncomingMessage = Symbol('IncomingMessage');
 const kRequestTimeout = Symbol('RequestTimeout');
+const kOnMessageBegin = HTTPParser.kOnMessageBegin | 0;
 const kOnHeaders = HTTPParser.kOnHeaders | 0;
 const kOnHeadersComplete = HTTPParser.kOnHeadersComplete | 0;
 const kOnBody = HTTPParser.kOnBody | 0;
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ function cleanParser(parser) {
   parser.incoming = null;
   parser.outgoing = null;
   parser.maxHeaderPairs = MAX_HEADER_PAIRS;
+  parser[kOnMessageBegin] = null;
   parser[kOnExecute] = null;
   parser[kOnTimeout] = null;
   parser._consumed = false;