diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-close.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-close.js
index 0c90593c6af5ca..be941af46eede2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-close.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-close.js
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ const cert = fixtures.readKey('agent2-cert.pem');
 let serverTlsSocket;
 const tlsServer = tls.createServer({ cert, key }, (socket) => {
   serverTlsSocket = socket;
+  socket.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(chunk[0], 46);
+    socket.write('.');
+  });
   socket.on('close', dec);
 });
 
@@ -25,10 +29,10 @@ let netSocketCloseEmitted = false;
 const netServer = net.createServer((socket) => {
   netSocket = socket;
   tlsServer.emit('connection', socket);
-  socket.on('close', () => {
+  socket.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
     netSocketCloseEmitted = true;
     assert.strictEqual(serverTlsSocket.destroyed, true);
-  });
+  }));
 }).listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
   connectClient(netServer);
 }));
@@ -45,24 +49,20 @@ function connectClient(server) {
     rejectUnauthorized: false
   });
 
-  clientTlsSocket.write('foo', 'utf8', common.mustCall(() => {
-    assert(netSocket);
-    netSocket.setTimeout(common.platformTimeout(10), common.mustCall(() => {
-      assert(serverTlsSocket);
+  clientTlsSocket.write('.');
 
-      netSocket.destroy();
-      assert.strictEqual(netSocket.destroyed, true);
+  clientTlsSocket.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(chunk[0], 46);
 
-      setImmediate(() => {
-        // Close callbacks are executed after `setImmediate()` callbacks.
-        assert.strictEqual(netSocketCloseEmitted, false);
-        assert.strictEqual(serverTlsSocket.destroyed, false);
-        setImmediate(() => {
-          assert.strictEqual(netSocketCloseEmitted, true);
-        });
-      });
-    }));
-  }));
+    netSocket.destroy();
+    assert.strictEqual(netSocket.destroyed, true);
+
+    setImmediate(() => {
+      // Close callbacks are executed after `setImmediate()` callbacks.
+      assert.strictEqual(netSocketCloseEmitted, false);
+      assert.strictEqual(serverTlsSocket.destroyed, false);
+    });
+  });
 
   clientTlsSocket.on('close', dec);
 }