diff --git a/request.js b/request.js
index 90bed4f4a..d4b13cc93 100644
--- a/request.js
+++ b/request.js
@@ -878,6 +878,16 @@ Request.prototype.onRequestError = function (error) {
     clearTimeout(self.timeoutTimer)
     self.timeoutTimer = null
   }
+
+  // This is a workaround for a race condition caused by the way that lib/redirect.js
+  // calls Request.init() when processing an HTTP redirect:
+  // https://github.com/request/request/issues/2807
+  // Somehow we end up with an ECONNRESET error from a socket that has already
+  // been destroyed and returned to the pool.
+  if (self.req && self.req.socket && self.req.socket.destroyed) {
+    return
+  }
+
   self.emit('error', error)
 }