diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 58fbf0f30a86de..6837c94df98eea 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -206,19 +206,19 @@ exports.ClientRequest = ClientRequest;
 
 ClientRequest.prototype.aborted = undefined;
 
-ClientRequest.prototype._finish = function() {
+ClientRequest.prototype._finish = function _finish() {
   DTRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST(this, this.connection);
   LTTNG_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST(this, this.connection);
   COUNTER_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST();
   OutgoingMessage.prototype._finish.call(this);
 };
 
-ClientRequest.prototype._implicitHeader = function() {
+ClientRequest.prototype._implicitHeader = function _implicitHeader() {
   this._storeHeader(this.method + ' ' + this.path + ' HTTP/1.1\r\n',
                     this._renderHeaders());
 };
 
-ClientRequest.prototype.abort = function() {
+ClientRequest.prototype.abort = function abort() {
   if (this.aborted === undefined) {
     process.nextTick(emitAbortNT, this);
   }
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ function tickOnSocket(req, socket) {
   req.emit('socket', socket);
 }
 
-ClientRequest.prototype.onSocket = function(socket) {
+ClientRequest.prototype.onSocket = function onSocket(socket) {
   process.nextTick(onSocketNT, this, socket);
 };
 
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ function onSocketNT(req, socket) {
   }
 }
 
-ClientRequest.prototype._deferToConnect = function(method, arguments_, cb) {
+ClientRequest.prototype._deferToConnect = _deferToConnect;
+function _deferToConnect(method, arguments_, cb) {
   // This function is for calls that need to happen once the socket is
   // connected and writable. It's an important promisy thing for all the socket
   // calls that happen either now (when a socket is assigned) or
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ ClientRequest.prototype._deferToConnect = function(method, arguments_, cb) {
       cb();
   }
 
-  var onSocket = function() {
+  var onSocket = function onSocket() {
     if (self.socket.writable) {
       callSocketMethod();
     } else {
@@ -609,9 +610,9 @@ ClientRequest.prototype._deferToConnect = function(method, arguments_, cb) {
   } else {
     onSocket();
   }
-};
+}
 
-ClientRequest.prototype.setTimeout = function(msecs, callback) {
+ClientRequest.prototype.setTimeout = function setTimeout(msecs, callback) {
   if (callback) this.once('timeout', callback);
 
   var self = this;
@@ -644,14 +645,14 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.setTimeout = function(msecs, callback) {
   return this;
 };
 
-ClientRequest.prototype.setNoDelay = function() {
+ClientRequest.prototype.setNoDelay = function setNoDelay() {
   const argsLen = arguments.length;
   const args = new Array(argsLen);
   for (var i = 0; i < argsLen; i++)
     args[i] = arguments[i];
   this._deferToConnect('setNoDelay', args);
 };
-ClientRequest.prototype.setSocketKeepAlive = function() {
+ClientRequest.prototype.setSocketKeepAlive = function setSocketKeepAlive() {
   const argsLen = arguments.length;
   const args = new Array(argsLen);
   for (var i = 0; i < argsLen; i++)
@@ -659,6 +660,6 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.setSocketKeepAlive = function() {
   this._deferToConnect('setKeepAlive', args);
 };
 
-ClientRequest.prototype.clearTimeout = function(cb) {
+ClientRequest.prototype.clearTimeout = function clearTimeout(cb) {
   this.setTimeout(0, cb);
 };