1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 7248e5a135..8455b91603 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.write = function(chunk, encoding) {
     throw new TypeError('first argument must be a string or Buffer');
   }
 
-  if (chunk.length === 0) return false;
+
+  // If we get an empty string or buffer, then just do nothing, and
+  // signal the user to keep writing.
+  if (chunk.length === 0) return true;
 
   var len, ret;
   if (this.chunkedEncoding) {