diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
index ddc017a144cfbe..4795e59581d993 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ class Http2ServerResponse extends Stream {
     stream[kProxySocket] = null;
     stream[kResponse] = this;
     this.writable = true;
+    this.req = stream[kRequest];
     stream.on('drain', onStreamDrain);
     stream.on('aborted', onStreamAbortedResponse);
     stream.on('close', onStreamCloseResponse);
@@ -529,10 +530,6 @@ class Http2ServerResponse extends Stream {
     return this[kStream].headersSent;
   }
 
-  get req() {
-    return this[kStream][kRequest];
-  }
-
   get sendDate() {
     return this[kState].sendDate;
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse.js
index 379677a68f81e1..fbde58693b05a7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-compat-serverresponse.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
   server.once('request', common.mustCall(function(request, response) {
     assert.strictEqual(response.req, request);
 
+    // Verify that writing to response.req is allowed.
+    response.req = null;
+
     response.on('finish', common.mustCall(function() {
       process.nextTick(() => {
         server.close();