diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index b696b9bc0cac6c..59ea2bdda4d2e1 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ function connectionListener(socket) {
 
     // When we're finished writing the response, check if this is the last
     // respose, if so destroy the socket.
-    res.on('prefinish', resOnFinish);
+    res.on('finish', resOnFinish);
     function resOnFinish() {
       // Usually the first incoming element should be our request.  it may
       // be that in the case abortIncoming() was called that the incoming