diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index d92b956f81a6e2..de89197b4f834f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -1996,6 +1996,7 @@ class Http2Stream extends Duplex {
       // attempt to gracefully close the session.
       const state = this[kState];
       if (this.headersSent &&
+          this[kSession] &&
           this[kSession][kType] === NGHTTP2_SESSION_SERVER &&
           !(state.flags & STREAM_FLAGS_HAS_TRAILERS) &&
           !state.didRead &&
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-server-session-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-server-session-destroy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9b7f126510757c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-server-session-destroy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+const h2 = require('http2');
+
+const server = h2.createServer();
+server.listen(0, common.localhostIPv4, common.mustCall(() => {
+  const afterConnect = common.mustCall((session) => {
+    session.request({ ':method': 'POST' }).end(common.mustCall(() => {
+      session.destroy();
+      server.close();
+    }));
+  });
+
+  const port = server.address().port;
+  const host = common.localhostIPv4;
+  h2.connect('http://' + host + ':' + port, afterConnect);
+}));