diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
index 04f4bb3c5a338c..e2bbab26d0f47b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
@@ -458,14 +458,13 @@ class Http2ServerResponse extends Stream {
       cb = encoding;
       encoding = 'utf8';
     }
+    if (stream === undefined || stream.finished === true) {
+      return false;
+    }
     if (chunk !== null && chunk !== undefined) {
       this.write(chunk, encoding);
     }
 
-    if (stream === undefined) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     if (typeof cb === 'function') {
       stream.once('finish', cb);
     }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse-end.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse-end.js
index 6c07f6d83e62e0..92a0fab4e0a49d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse-end.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse-end.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 const { mustCall, mustNotCall, hasCrypto, skip } = require('../common');
 if (!hasCrypto)
   skip('missing crypto');
-const { strictEqual } = require('assert');
+const { doesNotThrow, strictEqual } = require('assert');
 const {
   createServer,
   connect,
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ const {
   // but may be invoked repeatedly without throwing errors.
   const server = createServer(mustCall((request, response) => {
     strictEqual(response.closed, false);
+    response.on('finish', mustCall(() => process.nextTick(
+      mustCall(() => doesNotThrow(() => response.end('test', mustNotCall())))
+    )));
     response.end(mustCall(() => {
       server.close();
     }));