diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index c447b695c8b45b..3f335aa6eaa7ce 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -665,6 +665,12 @@ function responseKeepAlive(req) {
   // Mark this socket as available, AFTER user-added end
   // handlers have a chance to run.
   defaultTriggerAsyncIdScope(asyncId, process.nextTick, emitFreeNT, req);
+
+  if (req.res) {
+    // Detach socket from IncomingMessage to avoid destroying the freed
+    // socket in IncomingMessage.destroy().
+    req.res.socket = null;
+  }
 }
 
 function responseOnEnd() {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-agent-destroyed-socket.js b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-destroyed-socket.js
index 5b58ef0f52a50b..47123ed6c364b2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-agent-destroyed-socket.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-agent-destroyed-socket.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
     response.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
       request1.socket.destroy();
 
-      response.socket.once('close', common.mustCall(() => {
+      request1.socket.once('close', common.mustCall(() => {
         // Assert request2 was removed from the queue
         assert(!agent.requests[key]);
         process.nextTick(() => {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-client-abort-keep-alive-destroy-res.js b/test/parallel/test-http-client-abort-keep-alive-destroy-res.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..238430a83d31fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-client-abort-keep-alive-destroy-res.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+
+let socketsCreated = 0;
+
+class Agent extends http.Agent {
+  createConnection(options, oncreate) {
+    const socket = super.createConnection(options, oncreate);
+    socketsCreated++;
+    return socket;
+  }
+}
+
+const server = http.createServer((req, res) => res.end());
+
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+  const port = server.address().port;
+  const agent = new Agent({
+    keepAlive: true,
+    maxSockets: 1
+  });
+
+  const req = http.get({ agent, port }, common.mustCall((res) => {
+    res.resume();
+    res.on('end', () => {
+      res.destroy();
+
+      http.get({ agent, port }, common.mustCall((res) => {
+        res.resume();
+        assert.strictEqual(socketsCreated, 1);
+        agent.destroy();
+        server.close();
+      }));
+    });
+  }));
+  req.end();
+}));