diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index a0409f72c29de0..a2d2012e109ff7 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -227,17 +227,7 @@ function flushStdio(subprocess) {
 
 
 function createSocket(pipe, readable) {
-  var s = new net.Socket({ handle: pipe });
-
-  if (readable) {
-    s.writable = false;
-    s.readable = true;
-  } else {
-    s.writable = true;
-    s.readable = false;
-  }
-
-  return s;
+  return net.Socket({ handle: pipe, readable, writable: !readable });
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/async-hooks/test-pipewrap.js b/test/async-hooks/test-pipewrap.js
index 550de7907a168a..066458841fabab 100644
--- a/test/async-hooks/test-pipewrap.js
+++ b/test/async-hooks/test-pipewrap.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function onexit() {
   // Usually it is just one event, but it can be more.
   assert.ok(ioEvents >= 3, `at least 3 stdout io events, got ${ioEvents}`);
 
-  checkInvocations(pipe1, { init: 1, before: 2, after: 2 },
+  checkInvocations(pipe1, { init: 1, before: 1, after: 1 },
                    'pipe wrap when sleep.spawn was called');
   checkInvocations(pipe2, { init: 1, before: ioEvents, after: ioEvents },
                    'pipe wrap when sleep.spawn was called');