diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 178a3418dace0a..1215624930d9ee 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ let debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('http', (fn) => {
 });
 
 const kCorked = Symbol('corked');
+const kChunkedBuffer = Symbol('kChunkedBuffer');
+const kChunkedLength = Symbol('kChunkedLength');
 const kUniqueHeaders = Symbol('kUniqueHeaders');
 const kBytesWritten = Symbol('kBytesWritten');
 const kErrored = Symbol('errored');
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ function OutgoingMessage(options) {
   this.finished = false;
   this._headerSent = false;
   this[kCorked] = 0;
+  this[kChunkedBuffer] = [];
+  this[kChunkedLength] = 0;
   this._closed = false;
 
   this.socket = null;
@@ -206,8 +210,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableHighWaterMark', {
 ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableCorked', {
   __proto__: null,
   get() {
-    const corked = this.socket ? this.socket.writableCorked : 0;
-    return corked + this[kCorked];
+    return this[kCorked];
   },
 });
 
@@ -299,19 +302,49 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders = function _renderHeaders() {
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.cork = function() {
+  this[kCorked]++;
   if (this.socket) {
     this.socket.cork();
-  } else {
-    this[kCorked]++;
   }
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.uncork = function() {
+  this[kCorked]--;
   if (this.socket) {
     this.socket.uncork();
-  } else if (this[kCorked]) {
-    this[kCorked]--;
   }
+
+  if (this[kCorked] || this[kChunkedBuffer].length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const len = this[kChunkedLength];
+  const buf = this[kChunkedBuffer];
+
+  if (this.chunkedEncoding) {
+    let callbacks;
+    this._send(NumberPrototypeToString(len, 16), 'latin1', null);
+    this._send(crlf_buf, null, null);
+    for (let n = 0; n < buf.length; n += 3) {
+      this._send(buf[n + 0], buf[n + 1], null);
+      if (buf[n + 2]) {
+        callbacks ??= [];
+        callbacks.push(buf[n + 2]);
+      }
+    }
+    this._send(crlf_buf, null, callbacks.length ? (err) => {
+      for (const callback of callbacks) {
+        callback(err);
+      }
+    } : null);
+  } else {
+    for (let n = 0; n < buf.length; n += 3) {
+      this._send(buf[n + 0], buf[n + 1], buf[n + 2]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  this[kChunkedBuffer].length = 0;
+  this[kChunkedLength] = 0;
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.setTimeout = function setTimeout(msecs, callback) {
@@ -936,7 +969,12 @@ function write_(msg, chunk, encoding, callback, fromEnd) {
   }
 
   let ret;
-  if (msg.chunkedEncoding && chunk.length !== 0) {
+  if (msg[kCorked] && msg._headerSent) {
+    len ??= typeof chunk === 'string' ? Buffer.byteLength(chunk, encoding) : chunk.byteLength;
+    msg[kChunkedBuffer].push(chunk, encoding, callback);
+    msg[kChunkedLength] += len;
+    ret = msg[kChunkedLength] < msg[kHighWaterMark];
+  } else if (msg.chunkedEncoding && chunk.length !== 0) {
     len ??= typeof chunk === 'string' ? Buffer.byteLength(chunk, encoding) : chunk.byteLength;
     msg._send(NumberPrototypeToString(len, 16), 'latin1', null);
     msg._send(crlf_buf, null, null);
@@ -1068,7 +1106,8 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
     this.socket._writableState.corked = 1;
     this.socket.uncork();
   }
-  this[kCorked] = 0;
+  this[kCorked] = 1;
+  this.uncork();
 
   this.finished = true;