diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index 2485a145519494..9978df87d6d58d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ class Http2Stream extends Duplex {
     req.async = false;
     const err = createWriteReq(req, handle, data, encoding);
     if (err)
-      throw errnoException(err, 'write', req.error);
+      return this.destroy(errnoException(err, 'write', req.error), cb);
     trackWriteState(this, req.bytes);
   }
 
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ class Http2Stream extends Duplex {
     }
     const err = handle.writev(req, chunks);
     if (err)
-      throw errnoException(err, 'write', req.error);
+      return this.destroy(errnoException(err, 'write', req.error), cb);
     trackWriteState(this, req.bytes);
   }