diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 5a83849086294f..d7352565454d89 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -370,18 +370,28 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._send = function _send(data, encoding, callback, byteL
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._writeRaw = _writeRaw;
 function _writeRaw(data, encoding, callback, size) {
+  if (typeof encoding === 'function') {
+    callback = encoding;
+    encoding = null;
+  }
+
+  if (this.destroyed) {
+    if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+      process.nextTick(callback, new ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED('write'));
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const conn = this[kSocket];
   if (conn?.destroyed) {
     // The socket was destroyed. If we're still trying to write to it,
     // then we haven't gotten the 'close' event yet.
+    if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+      process.nextTick(callback, new ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED('write'));
+    }
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (typeof encoding === 'function') {
-    callback = encoding;
-    encoding = null;
-  }
-
   if (conn && conn._httpMessage === this && conn.writable) {
     // There might be pending data in the this.output buffer.
     if (this.outputData.length) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-destroy.js
index 47d5e948ab7970..7be803a87c4ce0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-destroy.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-destroy.js
@@ -15,3 +15,23 @@ const OutgoingMessage = http.OutgoingMessage;
   }));
   msg.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
 }
+
+{
+  const msg = new OutgoingMessage();
+  msg.destroy();
+
+  assert.strictEqual(msg._writeRaw('asd', common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED');
+  })), false);
+  msg.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
+}
+
+{
+  const msg = new OutgoingMessage();
+  msg.socket = { destroyed: true };
+
+  assert.strictEqual(msg._writeRaw('asd', common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED');
+  })), false);
+  msg.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
+}