diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 2e0b26a19585c2..f72a745bcc7ef3 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -1659,12 +1659,11 @@ function onconnection(err, clientHandle) {
     writable: true
   });
 
-  if (self.noDelay && handle.setNoDelay) {
-    handle.setNoDelay(true);
+  if (self.noDelay && clientHandle.setNoDelay) {
+    clientHandle.setNoDelay(true);
   }
-
-  if (self.keepAlive && self.setKeepAlive) {
-    handle.setKeepAlive(true, handle.keepAliveInitialDelay);
+  if (self.keepAlive && clientHandle.setKeepAlive) {
+    clientHandle.setKeepAlive(true, self.keepAliveInitialDelay);
   }
 
   self._connections++;