diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index a159b88ae84d50..85ef81ad3c4a71 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ class Http2Stream extends Duplex {
     req.async = false;
     const err = createWriteReq(req, handle, data, encoding);
     if (err)
-      throw errors.errnoException(err, 'write', req.error);
+      return this.destroy(errors.errnoException(err, 'write', req.error), cb);
     trackWriteState(this, req.bytes);
   }
 
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ class Http2Stream extends Duplex {
     }
     const err = handle.writev(req, chunks);
     if (err)
-      throw errors.errnoException(err, 'write', req.error);
+      return this.destroy(errors.errnoException(err, 'write', req.error), cb);
     trackWriteState(this, req.bytes);
   }