diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 0081432488f..212b8becb92 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -1788,7 +1788,8 @@ function connectionListener(socket) {
   function serverSocketCloseListener() {
     debug('server socket close');
     // mark this parser as reusable
-    freeParser(parser);
+    if (this.parser)
+      freeParser(this.parser);
 
     abortIncoming();
   }