diff --git a/lib/_stream_writable.js b/lib/_stream_writable.js
index 4e2a19f12c822f..0c7f020bb23c27 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_writable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_writable.js
@@ -358,14 +358,19 @@ function doWrite(stream, state, writev, len, chunk, encoding, cb) {
 function onwriteError(stream, state, sync, er, cb) {
   --state.pendingcb;
   if (sync)
-    process.nextTick(cb, er);
+    process.nextTick(afterError, stream, state, cb, er);
   else
-    cb(er);
+    afterError(stream, state, cb, er);
 
   stream._writableState.errorEmitted = true;
   stream.emit('error', er);
 }
 
+function afterError(stream, state, cb, err) {
+  cb(err);
+  finishMaybe(stream, state);
+}
+
 function onwriteStateUpdate(state) {
   state.writing = false;
   state.writecb = null;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-writable-writev-finish.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-writable-writev-finish.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6f74ca08d2366d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-writable-writev-finish.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const stream = require('stream');
+
+// ensure consistency between the finish event when using cork()
+// and writev and when not using them
+
+{
+  const writable = new stream.Writable();
+
+  writable._write = (chunks, encoding, cb) => {
+    cb(new Error('write test error'));
+  };
+
+  writable.on('finish', common.mustCall());
+
+  writable.on('prefinish', common.mustCall());
+
+  writable.on('error', common.mustCall((er) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(er.message, 'write test error');
+  }));
+
+  writable.end('test');
+}
+
+{
+  const writable = new stream.Writable();
+
+  writable._write = (chunks, encoding, cb) => {
+    cb(new Error('write test error'));
+  };
+
+  writable._writev = (chunks, cb) => {
+    cb(new Error('writev test error'));
+  };
+
+  writable.on('finish', common.mustCall());
+
+  writable.on('prefinish', common.mustCall());
+
+  writable.on('error', common.mustCall((er) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(er.message, 'writev test error');
+  }));
+
+  writable.cork();
+  writable.write('test');
+
+  setImmediate(function() {
+    writable.end('test');
+  });
+}