diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index b9981159..943bc429 100755
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -875,6 +875,21 @@ export default isHttpAdapterSupported &&
       req.on('socket', function handleRequestSocket(socket) {
         // default interval of sending ack packet is 1 minute
         socket.setKeepAlive(true, 1000 * 60);
+
+        const removeSocketErrorListener = () => {
+          socket.removeListener('error', handleRequestSocketError);
+        };
+
+        function handleRequestSocketError(err) {
+          removeSocketErrorListener();
+
+          if (!req.destroyed) {
+            req.destroy(err);
+          }
+        }
+
+        socket.on('error', handleRequestSocketError);
+        req.once('close', removeSocketErrorListener);
       });
 
       // Handle request timeout
diff --git a/tests/unit/adapters/http.test.js b/tests/unit/adapters/http.test.js
index c35c3ec4..96e4ea7e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/adapters/http.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/adapters/http.test.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import getStream from 'get-stream';
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import { AbortController } from 'abortcontroller-polyfill/dist/cjs-ponyfill.js';
 import { lookup } from 'dns';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 
 const OPEN_WEB_PORT = 80;
 const SERVER_PORT = 8020;
@@ -3817,6 +3818,60 @@ describe('supports http with nodejs', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('should reject when only the request socket emits an error', async () => {
+    const noop = () => {};
+    const socket = new EventEmitter();
+    socket.setKeepAlive = noop;
+    socket.on('error', noop);
+
+    const transport = {
+      request() {
+        return new (class MockRequest extends EventEmitter {
+          constructor() {
+            super();
+            this.destroyed = false;
+          }
+
+          setTimeout() {}
+
+          write() {}
+
+          end() {
+            this.emit('socket', socket);
+
+            setImmediate(() => {
+              socket.emit('error', Object.assign(new Error('write EPIPE'), { code: 'EPIPE' }));
+            });
+          }
+
+          destroy(err) {
+            if (this.destroyed) {
+              return;
+            }
+
+            this.destroyed = true;
+            err && this.emit('error', err);
+            this.emit('close');
+          }
+        })();
+      },
+    };
+
+    const error = await Promise.race([
+      axios.post('http://example.com/', 'test', {
+        transport,
+        maxRedirects: 0,
+      }),
+      setTimeoutAsync(200).then(() => {
+        throw new Error('socket error did not reject the request');
+      }),
+    ]).catch((err) => err);
+
+    assert.ok(error instanceof AxiosError);
+    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'EPIPE');
+    assert.strictEqual(error.message, 'write EPIPE');
+  });
+
   describe('keep-alive', () => {
     it('should not fail with "socket hang up" when using timeouts', async () => {
       const server = await startHTTPServer(
@@ -3838,5 +3893,66 @@ describe('supports http with nodejs', () => {
         await stopHTTPServer(server);
       }
     }, 15000);
+
+    it('should remove request socket error listeners after keep-alive requests close', async () => {
+      const noop = () => {};
+      const socket = new EventEmitter();
+      socket.setKeepAlive = noop;
+      socket.on('error', noop);
+
+      const baseErrorListenerCount = socket.listenerCount('error');
+
+      const transport = {
+        request(_, cb) {
+          return new (class MockRequest extends EventEmitter {
+            constructor() {
+              super();
+              this.destroyed = false;
+            }
+
+            setTimeout() {}
+
+            write() {}
+
+            end() {
+              this.emit('socket', socket);
+
+              setImmediate(() => {
+                const response = stream.Readable.from(['ok']);
+                response.statusCode = 200;
+                response.headers = {};
+
+                cb(response);
+                this.emit('close');
+              });
+            }
+
+            destroy(err) {
+              if (this.destroyed) {
+                return;
+              }
+
+              this.destroyed = true;
+              err && this.emit('error', err);
+              this.emit('close');
+            }
+          })();
+        },
+      };
+
+      await axios.get('http://example.com/first', {
+        transport,
+        maxRedirects: 0,
+      });
+      await setTimeoutAsync(0);
+      assert.strictEqual(socket.listenerCount('error'), baseErrorListenerCount);
+
+      await axios.get('http://example.com/second', {
+        transport,
+        maxRedirects: 0,
+      });
+      await setTimeoutAsync(0);
+      assert.strictEqual(socket.listenerCount('error'), baseErrorListenerCount);
+    });
   });
 });