diff --git a/lib/core/util.js b/lib/core/util.js
index 2586e3ee891..f00ddfce0d1 100644
--- a/lib/core/util.js
+++ b/lib/core/util.js
@@ -370,7 +370,12 @@ function destroy (stream, err) {
       stream.socket = null
     }
 
-    stream.destroy(err)
+    try {
+      stream.destroy(err)
+    } catch {
+      // stream.destroy may throw on managed sockets (e.g., http2).
+      // Silently ignore — the socket lifecycle is handled by the subsystem.
+    }
   } else if (err) {
     queueMicrotask(() => {
       stream.emit('error', err)
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/client-h2.js b/lib/dispatcher/client-h2.js
index 3e04911197b..4d0fd54608b 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/client-h2.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/client-h2.js
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ function connectH2 (client, socket) {
 
   util.addListener(session, 'error', onHttp2SessionError)
   util.addListener(session, 'frameError', onHttp2FrameError)
-  util.addListener(session, 'end', onHttp2SessionEnd)
   util.addListener(session, 'goaway', onHttp2SessionGoAway)
   util.addListener(session, 'close', onHttp2SessionClose)
   util.addListener(session, 'remoteSettings', onHttp2RemoteSettings)
@@ -505,12 +504,6 @@ function onHttp2FrameError (type, code, id) {
   }
 }
 
-function onHttp2SessionEnd () {
-  const err = new SocketError('other side closed', util.getSocketInfo(this[kSocket]))
-  this.destroy(err)
-  util.destroy(this[kSocket], err)
-}
-
 /**
  * This is the root cause of #3011
  * We need to handle GOAWAY frames properly, and trigger the session close
@@ -654,7 +647,7 @@ function onHttp2SocketError (err) {
     return
   }
 
-  this[kClient][kOnError](err)
+  this[kHTTP2Session]?.[kClient]?.[kOnError](err)
 }
 
 function onHttp2SocketEnd () {
diff --git a/test/http2-dispatcher.js b/test/http2-dispatcher.js
index 3b25390e380..bdabe8c51e6 100644
--- a/test/http2-dispatcher.js
+++ b/test/http2-dispatcher.js
@@ -1091,3 +1091,73 @@ test('Should not send http2 PING frames after connection is closed', async t =>
 
   await t.completed
 })
+
+test('Should not emit uncaughtException when socket closes after abort', async t => {
+  const assert = tspl(t, { plan: 2 })
+
+  const server = createSecureServer(await pem.generate({ opts: { keySize: 2048 } }))
+
+  // Never respond, keeping the stream in-flight.
+  server.on('stream', (stream) => {
+    stream.on('error', () => {})
+  })
+
+  t.after(() => {
+    server.close()
+  })
+  await once(server.listen(0), 'listening')
+
+  // Capture any uncaughtException that fires during the test
+  let uncaughtErr = null
+  const originalHandler = process.listeners('uncaughtException').length > 0
+    ? process.listeners('uncaughtException')[0]
+    : null
+  process.removeAllListeners('uncaughtException')
+  const uncaughtHandler = (err) => {
+    uncaughtErr = err
+  }
+  process.on('uncaughtException', uncaughtHandler)
+  t.after(() => {
+    process.removeListener('uncaughtException', uncaughtHandler)
+    if (originalHandler) {
+      process.on('uncaughtException', originalHandler)
+    }
+  })
+
+  const client = new Client(`https://localhost:${server.address().port}`, {
+    connect: { rejectUnauthorized: false },
+    allowH2: true
+  })
+  t.after(() => client.close())
+
+  const controller = new AbortController()
+
+  const requestPromise = client.request({
+    path: '/',
+    method: 'GET',
+    signal: controller.signal
+  })
+
+  // Abort the request to trigger the abort path
+  controller.abort()
+
+  // Wait for the request to reject
+  try {
+    await requestPromise
+    assert.fail('request should have rejected')
+  } catch (err) {
+    assert.ok(err, 'request rejected')
+  }
+
+  // Now close the server to trigger socket 'end' event,
+  // simulating the CDN closing the connection after abort.
+  // This used to trigger an uncaughtException via onHttp2SocketError.
+  server.close()
+
+  // Wait for any pending async error handling
+  await sleep(500)
+
+  assert.equal(uncaughtErr, null, 'No uncaughtException should have been emitted')
+
+  await assert.completed
+})