net.js

diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 0bbbdf0..0bd4c7a 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -896,6 +896,10 @@ Stream.prototype.connect = function () {
     dns.lookup(arguments[1], function (err, ip, addressType) {
       if (err) {
         self.emit('error', err);
+      // If the stream is destroyed during the DNS lookup, by an extravagent timeout for example
+      // then continuing is futile.
+      } else if (!self._readWatcher) {
+        self.emit('error', "Stream already destroyed")
       } else {
         self.type = addressType == 4 ? 'tcp4' : 'tcp6';
         self.fd = socket(self.type);

test-net-early-destroy.js

var common = require("../common");
var assert = common.assert
var net = require('net');

var socket = net.createConnection(80, 'localhost');

process.nextTick(function () {
    socket.destroy();
});

socket.on('error', function (err) {
    assert.equal('Stream already destroyed', err);
});

socket.on('connect', function (err) {
    assert.fail();
});