diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/write-request-body.spec.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/write-request-body.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2847d541ae985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/write-request-body.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import EventEmitter from "events";
+
+import { writeRequestBody } from "./write-request-body";
+
+describe(writeRequestBody.name, () => {
+  it("should continue on the continue event", async () => {
+    const emitter = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { end() {} }) as any;
+    const request = {
+      headers: { expect: "100-continue" },
+      body: Buffer.from(""),
+      end() {},
+    } as any;
+
+    const promise = writeRequestBody(emitter, request, 10_000);
+    emitter.emit("continue", "ok");
+    await promise;
+  });
+
+  it("should continue on the error event", async () => {
+    const emitter = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { end() {} }) as any;
+    const request = {
+      headers: { expect: "100-continue" },
+      body: Buffer.from(""),
+    } as any;
+
+    const promise = writeRequestBody(emitter, request, 10_000);
+    emitter.emit("error", "uh oh");
+    await promise;
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/write-request-body.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/write-request-body.ts
index afd05c9bb6e99..bb018437e3180 100644
--- a/packages/node-http-handler/src/write-request-body.ts
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/write-request-body.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export async function writeRequestBody(
   const expect = headers["Expect"] || headers["expect"];
 
   let timeoutId = -1;
+  let hasError = false;
 
   if (expect === "100-continue") {
     await Promise.race<void>([
@@ -32,11 +33,22 @@ export async function writeRequestBody(
           clearTimeout(timeoutId);
           resolve();
         });
+        httpRequest.on("error", () => {
+          hasError = true;
+          clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+          // this handler does not reject with the error
+          // because there is already an error listener
+          // on the request in node-http-handler
+          // and node-http2-handler.
+          resolve();
+        });
       }),
     ]);
   }
 
-  writeBody(httpRequest, request.body);
+  if (!hasError) {
+    writeBody(httpRequest, request.body);
+  }
 }
 
 function writeBody(