diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index f337480ec2dd75..9c81c8ea0a5718 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ function connectionListener(socket) {
   }
 
   function onParserExecute(ret, d) {
+    socket._unrefTimer();
     debug('SERVER socketOnParserExecute %d', ret);
     onParserExecuteCommon(ret, undefined);
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-consumed-timeout.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-consumed-timeout.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..26110b32e7fba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-consumed-timeout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+
+const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  server.close();
+
+  res.writeHead(200);
+  res.flushHeaders();
+
+  req.setTimeout(common.platformTimeout(200), () => {
+    assert(false, 'Should not happen');
+  });
+  req.resume();
+  req.once('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    res.end();
+  }));
+});
+
+server.listen(common.PORT, common.mustCall(() => {
+  const req = http.request({
+    port: common.PORT,
+    method: 'POST'
+  }, (res) => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      req.write('a');
+    }, common.platformTimeout(25));
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      clearInterval(interval);
+      req.end();
+    }, common.platformTimeout(400));
+  });
+  req.write('.');
+}));