diff --git a/lib/plugins/bodyReader.js b/lib/plugins/bodyReader.js
index 3736aadec..a1b2c5552 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/bodyReader.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/bodyReader.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function bodyReader(options) {
         // add 'close and 'aborted' event handlers so that requests (and their
         // corresponding memory) don't leak if client stops sending data half
         // way through a POST request
-        req.once('close', next);
+        req.socket.once('close', next);
         req.once('aborted', next);
         req.resume();
     }