diff --git a/src/inspector_socket.cc b/src/inspector_socket.cc
index 93d819a21e5e6c..de4f8b7861aba4 100644
--- a/src/inspector_socket.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_socket.cc
@@ -401,10 +401,12 @@ class WsHandler : public ProtocolHandler {
       if (processed > 0) {
         remove_from_beginning(data, processed);
       }
-    } while (processed > 0 && !data->empty());
+    } while (processed > 0 && !data->empty() && tcp_);
   }
 
-  void Write(const std::vector<char> data) override {
+  void Write(const std::vector<char>& data) override {
+    if (!tcp_)
+      return;
     std::vector<char> output = encode_frame_hybi17(data);
     WriteRaw(output, WriteRequest::Cleanup);
   }
@@ -666,6 +668,8 @@ ProtocolHandler::ProtocolHandler(InspectorSocket* inspector,
 
 int ProtocolHandler::WriteRaw(const std::vector<char>& buffer,
                               uv_write_cb write_cb) {
+  if (!tcp_)
+    return -1;
   return tcp_->WriteRaw(buffer, write_cb);
 }