diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-inception.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-inception.js
index 76c747aadb8c24..83b12a69389aca 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-inception.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-inception.js
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ a = tls.createServer(options, function (socket) {
   var dest = net.connect(options);
   dest.pipe(socket);
   socket.pipe(dest);
+
+  dest.on('close', function() {
+    socket.destroy();
+  });
 });
 
 // the "target" server