diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index 5ac06b40f7c..4473282148f 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -392,7 +392,10 @@ function doSend(ex, self, ip, buffer, address, port, callback) {
 function afterSend(err, sent) {
   if (err) {
     err = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'send', this.address, this.port);
+  } else {
+    err = null;
   }
+
   this.callback(err, sent);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer.js
index e877b8d73bd..e2966645d92 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(256);
 
 const onMessage = common.mustCall(function(err, bytes) {
+  assert.strictEqual(err, null);
   assert.equal(bytes, buf.length);
   clearTimeout(timer);
   client.close();