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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+
+const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall(function(req, res) {
+  req.once('data', common.mustCall(() => {
+    req.pause();
+    res.writeHead(200);
+    res.end();
+    res.on('finish', common.mustCall(() => {
+      assert(!req._dumped);
+    }));
+  }));
+}));
+server.listen(0);
+
+server.on('listening', common.mustCall(function() {
+  const req = http.request({
+    port: this.address().port,
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/'
+  }, common.mustCall(function(res) {
+    assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 200);
+    res.resume();
+    res.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+      server.close();
+    }));
+  }));
+
+  req.end(Buffer.allocUnsafe(1024));
+}));