diff --git a/lib/_stream_writable.js b/lib/_stream_writable.js
index ec263d8f578fe5..399c27617d17c8 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_writable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_writable.js
@@ -364,7 +364,12 @@ function writeOrBuffer(stream, state, chunk, encoding, cb) {
     }
     state.bufferedRequestCount += 1;
   } else {
-    doWrite(stream, state, false, len, chunk, encoding, cb);
+    state.writelen = len;
+    state.writecb = cb;
+    state.writing = true;
+    state.sync = true;
+    stream._write(chunk, encoding, state.onwrite);
+    state.sync = false;
   }
 
   // Return false if errored or destroyed in order to break