diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index 131773143ceca7..e5abe4d474ab0b 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -1717,6 +1717,11 @@ instance.setEncoding('utf8');
 An attempt was made to call [`stream.write()`][] after `stream.end()` has been
 called.
 
+<a id="ERR_REQUEST_WRITE_AFTER_RESPONSE"></a>
+### ERR_REQUEST_WRITE_AFTER_RESPONSE
+
+An attempt was made to call [`req.write()`][] after `'response'` has been emitted.
+
 <a id="ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG"></a>
 ### ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG
 
diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 4af23fa8c574f0..5e7b0a7b5ec7b5 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ const {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
   ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN,
   ERR_INVALID_PROTOCOL,
-  ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS
+  ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS,
+  ERR_REQUEST_WRITE_AFTER_RESPONSE
 } = codes;
 const { getTimerDuration } = require('internal/timers');
 const {
@@ -302,6 +303,22 @@ ClientRequest.prototype._finish = function _finish() {
   OutgoingMessage.prototype._finish.call(this);
 };
 
+ClientRequest.prototype.write = function write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+  if (this.res) {
+    this.emit('error', new ERR_REQUEST_WRITE_AFTER_RESPONSE());
+    return true;
+  }
+  OutgoingMessage.prototype.write.call(this, chunk, encoding, callback);
+};
+
+ClientRequest.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+  if (this.res) {
+    this.emit('error', new ERR_REQUEST_WRITE_AFTER_RESPONSE());
+    return this;
+  }
+  OutgoingMessage.prototype.end.call(this, chunk, encoding, callback);
+};
+
 ClientRequest.prototype._implicitHeader = function _implicitHeader() {
   if (this._header) {
     throw new ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT('render');
diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index f4f4ee09be3f97..4ccacd6197ede2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -1052,6 +1052,7 @@ E('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
     msg += ` It must be ${range}. Received ${received}`;
     return msg;
   }, RangeError);
+E('ERR_REQUEST_WRITE_AFTER_RESPONSE', 'write after response', Error);
 E('ERR_REQUIRE_ESM', 'Must use import to load ES Module: %s', Error);
 E('ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_INTERRUPTED',
   'Script execution was interrupted by `SIGINT`', Error);