diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 0dbf11ce079156..1f90b2237f6699 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ function setupConnectionsTracking() {
 }
 
 function httpServerPreClose(server) {
-  server.closeIdleConnections();
   clearInterval(server[kConnectionsCheckingInterval]);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-close-idle.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-close-idle.js
index 36e9752d36b528..361ccf990fabcc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-server-close-idle.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-close-idle.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ server.listen(0, function() {
         assert(response.startsWith('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nConnection: keep-alive'));
         assert.strictEqual(connections, 2);
 
+        server.closeIdleConnections();
         server.close(common.mustCall());
 
         // Check that only the idle connection got closed
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-server-close-idle.js b/test/parallel/test-https-server-close-idle.js
index 49b525dd05f117..7f093c47cd8609 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-https-server-close-idle.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-server-close-idle.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ server.listen(0, function() {
         assert(response.startsWith('HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nConnection: keep-alive'));
         assert.strictEqual(connections, 2);
 
+        server.closeIdleConnections();
         server.close(common.mustCall());
 
         // Check that only the idle connection got closed