diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 760bf084f4d324..baaf2180d1b463 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -660,10 +660,12 @@ Socket.prototype._destroy = function(exception, cb) {
     this._handle.onread = noop;
     this._handle = null;
     this._sockname = null;
+    cb(exception);
+  } else {
+    cb(exception);
+    process.nextTick(emitCloseNT, this);
   }
 
-  cb(exception);
-
   if (this._server) {
     debug('has server');
     this._server._connections--;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-connect-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-net-connect-destroy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..73fdb988f9ca83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-connect-destroy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const net = require('net');
+
+const socket = new net.Socket();
+socket.on('close', common.mustCall());
+socket.destroy();