diff --git a/src/node_http_parser.cc b/src/node_http_parser.cc
index 50d7f9e6916096..377c0637ea6c50 100644
--- a/src/node_http_parser.cc
+++ b/src/node_http_parser.cc
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ class Parser : public AsyncWrap, public StreamListener {
     num_fields_ = num_values_ = 0;
     headers_completed_ = false;
     chunk_extensions_nread_ = 0;
+    received_data_ = true;
     last_message_start_ = uv_hrtime();
     allocator_.Reset();
     url_.Reset();
@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ class Parser : public AsyncWrap, public StreamListener {
 
     if (connectionsList != nullptr) {
       parser->connectionsList_ = connectionsList;
+      parser->received_data_ = false;
 
       // This protects from a DoS attack where an attacker establishes
       // the connection without sending any data on applications where
@@ -1064,6 +1066,7 @@ class Parser : public AsyncWrap, public StreamListener {
   const char* current_buffer_data_;
   bool headers_completed_ = false;
   bool pending_pause_ = false;
+  bool received_data_ = false;
   uint64_t header_nread_ = 0;
   uint64_t chunk_extensions_nread_ = 0;
   uint64_t max_http_header_size_;
@@ -1144,7 +1147,7 @@ void ConnectionsList::Idle(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   LocalVector<Value> result(isolate);
   result.reserve(list->all_connections_.size());
   for (auto parser : list->all_connections_) {
-    if (parser->last_message_start_ == 0) {
+    if (parser->last_message_start_ == 0 || !parser->received_data_) {
       result.emplace_back(parser->object());
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-close-idle-connections-pre-request.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-close-idle-connections-pre-request.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a9142b17348969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-close-idle-connections-pre-request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+const { createServer } = require('http');
+const { createConnection } = require('net');
+
+const server = createServer(common.mustNotCall());
+
+server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', common.mustCall(() => {
+  const port = server.address().port;
+  server.once('connection', common.mustCall(() => {
+    server.close(common.mustCall());
+    server.closeIdleConnections();
+    setTimeout(common.mustNotCall(), common.platformTimeout(1000)).unref();
+  }));
+
+  const socket = createConnection(port, '127.0.0.1');
+
+  socket.on('connect', common.mustCall());
+  socket.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  socket.on('error', () => {});
+}));