diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 7019d9d1078..6d0aef9ca8c 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@ Stream.prototype._onConnect = function () {
     this._connecting = false;
     this.resume();
     this.readable = this.writable = true;
+
+    if (this._writeWatcher.firstBucket) {
+      // Flush this in case any writes are queued up while connecting.
+      this._onWritable();
+    }
+
     try {
       this.emit('connect');
     } catch (e) {
@@ -374,12 +380,6 @@ Stream.prototype._onConnect = function () {
       return;
     }
 
-
-    if (this._writeWatcher.firstBucket) {
-      // Flush this in case any writes are queued up while connecting.
-      this._onWritable();
-    }
-
   } else if (errno != EINPROGRESS) {
     this.destroy(errnoException(errno, 'connect'));
   }