diff --git a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
index e458ba6e5eb748..48a8b4a4b8fd81 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function setupNextTick() {
     if (process._exiting)
       return;
 
-    if (triggerAsyncId === null) {
+    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(triggerAsyncId) || triggerAsyncId <= 0) {
       triggerAsyncId = async_hooks.initTriggerId();
     }
 
diff --git a/test/async-hooks/test-internal-nexttick-default-trigger.js b/test/async-hooks/test-internal-nexttick-default-trigger.js
index 90e566b7063c46..5bd38c8a3a66a0 100644
--- a/test/async-hooks/test-internal-nexttick-default-trigger.js
+++ b/test/async-hooks/test-internal-nexttick-default-trigger.js
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ internal.nextTick(null, common.mustCall(function() {
   assert.strictEqual(async_hooks.triggerAsyncId(), rootAsyncId);
 }));
 
+// internal default
+internal.nextTick(undefined, common.mustCall(function() {
+  assert.strictEqual(async_hooks.triggerAsyncId(), rootAsyncId);
+}));
+
 // internal
 internal.nextTick(rootAsyncId + 1, common.mustCall(function() {
   assert.strictEqual(async_hooks.triggerAsyncId(), rootAsyncId + 1);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-message-inheritance.js b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-message-inheritance.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..05a241dc8bda00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-message-inheritance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { OutgoingMessage } = require('http');
+const { Writable } = require('stream');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+// check that OutgoingMessage can be used without a proper Socket
+// Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14386
+// Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14381
+
+class Response extends OutgoingMessage {
+  constructor() {
+    super({ method: 'GET', httpVersionMajor: 1, httpVersionMinor: 1 });
+  }
+
+  _implicitHeader() {}
+}
+
+const res = new Response();
+const ws = new Writable({
+  write: common.mustCall((chunk, encoding, callback) => {
+    assert(chunk.toString().match(/hello world/));
+    setImmediate(callback);
+  })
+});
+
+res.socket = ws;
+ws._httpMessage = res;
+res.connection = ws;
+
+res.end('hello world');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-response-standalone.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-response-standalone.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7025c734b3103d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-response-standalone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { ServerResponse } = require('http');
+const { Writable } = require('stream');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+// check that ServerResponse can be used without a proper Socket
+// Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14386
+// Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14381
+
+const res = new ServerResponse({
+  method: 'GET',
+  httpVersionMajor: 1,
+  httpVersionMinor: 1
+});
+
+const ws = new Writable({
+  write: common.mustCall((chunk, encoding, callback) => {
+    assert(chunk.toString().match(/hello world/));
+    setImmediate(callback);
+  })
+});
+
+res.assignSocket(ws);
+
+res.end('hello world');