diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 867d0261040..417b3c9d206 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ function IncomingMessage(socket) {
   // XXX This implementation is kind of all over the place
   // When the parser emits body chunks, they go in this list.
   // _read() pulls them out, and when it finds EOF, it ends.
-  this._pendings = [];
 
   this.socket = socket;
   this.connection = socket;