diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 178a3418dace0a..64e0d4ab714d79 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ let debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('http', (fn) => {
 });
 
 const kCorked = Symbol('corked');
+const kSocket = Symbol('kSocket');
+const kChunkedBuffer = Symbol('kChunkedBuffer');
+const kChunkedLength = Symbol('kChunkedLength');
 const kUniqueHeaders = Symbol('kUniqueHeaders');
 const kBytesWritten = Symbol('kBytesWritten');
 const kErrored = Symbol('errored');
@@ -140,9 +143,11 @@ function OutgoingMessage(options) {
   this.finished = false;
   this._headerSent = false;
   this[kCorked] = 0;
+  this[kChunkedBuffer] = [];
+  this[kChunkedLength] = 0;
   this._closed = false;
 
-  this.socket = null;
+  this[kSocket] = null;
   this._header = null;
   this[kOutHeaders] = null;
 
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableFinished', {
     return (
       this.finished &&
       this.outputSize === 0 &&
-      (!this.socket || this.socket.writableLength === 0)
+      (!this[kSocket] || this[kSocket].writableLength === 0)
     );
   },
 });
@@ -192,22 +197,21 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableObjectMode', {
 ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableLength', {
   __proto__: null,
   get() {
-    return this.outputSize + (this.socket ? this.socket.writableLength : 0);
+    return this.outputSize + this[kChunkedLength] + (this[kSocket] ? this[kSocket].writableLength : 0);
   },
 });
 
 ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableHighWaterMark', {
   __proto__: null,
   get() {
-    return this.socket ? this.socket.writableHighWaterMark : this[kHighWaterMark];
+    return this[kSocket] ? this[kSocket].writableHighWaterMark : this[kHighWaterMark];
   },
 });
 
 ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableCorked', {
   __proto__: null,
   get() {
-    const corked = this.socket ? this.socket.writableCorked : 0;
-    return corked + this[kCorked];
+    return this[kCorked];
   },
 });
 
@@ -235,13 +239,27 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, '_headers', {
 ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'connection', {
   __proto__: null,
   get: function() {
-    return this.socket;
+    return this[kSocket];
   },
   set: function(val) {
     this.socket = val;
   },
 });
 
+ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'socket', {
+  __proto__: null,
+  get: function() {
+    return this[kSocket];
+  },
+  set: function(val) {
+    for (let n = 0; n < this[kCorked]; n++) {
+      val?.cork();
+      this[kSocket]?.uncork();
+    }
+    this[kSocket] = val;
+  },
+});
+
 ObjectDefineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, '_headerNames', {
   __proto__: null,
   get: internalUtil.deprecate(function() {
@@ -299,19 +317,45 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders = function _renderHeaders() {
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.cork = function() {
-  if (this.socket) {
-    this.socket.cork();
-  } else {
-    this[kCorked]++;
+  this[kCorked]++;
+  if (this[kSocket]) {
+    this[kSocket].cork();
   }
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.uncork = function() {
-  if (this.socket) {
-    this.socket.uncork();
-  } else if (this[kCorked]) {
-    this[kCorked]--;
+  this[kCorked]--;
+  if (this[kSocket]) {
+    this[kSocket].uncork();
+  }
+
+  if (this[kCorked] || this[kChunkedBuffer].length === 0) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  const len = this[kChunkedLength];
+  const buf = this[kChunkedBuffer];
+
+  assert(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);
+
+  this[kChunkedBuffer].length = 0;
+  this[kChunkedLength] = 0;
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.setTimeout = function setTimeout(msecs, callback) {
@@ -320,12 +364,12 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.setTimeout = function setTimeout(msecs, callback) {
     this.on('timeout', callback);
   }
 
-  if (!this.socket) {
+  if (!this[kSocket]) {
     this.once('socket', function socketSetTimeoutOnConnect(socket) {
       socket.setTimeout(msecs);
     });
   } else {
-    this.socket.setTimeout(msecs);
+    this[kSocket].setTimeout(msecs);
   }
   return this;
 };
@@ -342,8 +386,8 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.destroy = function destroy(error) {
 
   this[kErrored] = error;
 
-  if (this.socket) {
-    this.socket.destroy(error);
+  if (this[kSocket]) {
+    this[kSocket].destroy(error);
   } else {
     this.once('socket', function socketDestroyOnConnect(socket) {
       socket.destroy(error);
@@ -382,7 +426,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._send = function _send(data, encoding, callback, byteL
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._writeRaw = _writeRaw;
 function _writeRaw(data, encoding, callback, size) {
-  const conn = this.socket;
+  const conn = this[kSocket];
   if (conn && conn.destroyed) {
     // The socket was destroyed. If we're still trying to write to it,
     // then we haven't gotten the 'close' event yet.
@@ -938,10 +982,16 @@ function write_(msg, chunk, encoding, callback, fromEnd) {
   let ret;
   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);
-    msg._send(chunk, encoding, null, len);
-    ret = msg._send(crlf_buf, null, callback);
+    if (msg[kCorked] && msg._headerSent) {
+      msg[kChunkedBuffer].push(chunk, encoding, callback);
+      msg[kChunkedLength] += len;
+      ret = msg[kChunkedLength] < msg[kHighWaterMark];
+    } else {
+      msg._send(NumberPrototypeToString(len, 16), 'latin1', null);
+      msg._send(crlf_buf, null, null);
+      msg._send(chunk, encoding, null, len);
+      ret = msg._send(crlf_buf, null, callback);
+    }
   } else {
     ret = msg._send(chunk, encoding, callback, len);
   }
@@ -1023,8 +1073,8 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    if (this.socket) {
-      this.socket.cork();
+    if (this[kSocket]) {
+      this[kSocket].cork();
     }
 
     write_(this, chunk, encoding, null, true);
@@ -1038,8 +1088,8 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
     }
     return this;
   } else if (!this._header) {
-    if (this.socket) {
-      this.socket.cork();
+    if (this[kSocket]) {
+      this[kSocket].cork();
     }
 
     this._contentLength = 0;
@@ -1063,12 +1113,13 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
     process.nextTick(finish);
   }
 
-  if (this.socket) {
+  if (this[kSocket]) {
     // Fully uncork connection on end().
-    this.socket._writableState.corked = 1;
-    this.socket.uncork();
+    this[kSocket]._writableState.corked = 1;
+    this[kSocket].uncork();
   }
-  this[kCorked] = 0;
+  this[kCorked] = 1;
+  this.uncork();
 
   this.finished = true;
 
@@ -1076,8 +1127,8 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
   // everything to the socket.
   debug('outgoing message end.');
   if (this.outputData.length === 0 &&
-      this.socket &&
-      this.socket._httpMessage === this) {
+      this[kSocket] &&
+      this[kSocket]._httpMessage === this) {
     this._finish();
   }
 
@@ -1088,7 +1139,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
 // This function is called once all user data are flushed to the socket.
 // Note that it has a chance that the socket is not drained.
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._finish = function _finish() {
-  assert(this.socket);
+  assert(this[kSocket]);
   this.emit('prefinish');
 };
 
@@ -1113,7 +1164,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._finish = function _finish() {
 // This function, _flush(), is called by both the Server and Client
 // to attempt to flush any pending messages out to the socket.
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._flush = function _flush() {
-  const socket = this.socket;
+  const socket = this[kSocket];
 
   if (socket && socket.writable) {
     // There might be remaining data in this.output; write it out
@@ -1130,11 +1181,6 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._flush = function _flush() {
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._flushOutput = function _flushOutput(socket) {
-  while (this[kCorked]) {
-    this[kCorked]--;
-    socket.cork();
-  }
-
   const outputLength = this.outputData.length;
   if (outputLength <= 0)
     return undefined;