diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 5a714da6b6c428..f87c316345ab7f 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ function resOnFinish(req, res, socket, state, server) {
     }
   } else if (state.outgoing.length === 0) {
     if (server.keepAliveTimeout && typeof socket.setTimeout === 'function') {
-      socket.setTimeout(0);
       socket.setTimeout(server.keepAliveTimeout);
       state.keepAliveTimeoutSet = true;
     }