diff --git a/lib/core/connect.js b/lib/core/connect.js
index 8cd8abccc54..4d4500b0185 100644
--- a/lib/core/connect.js
+++ b/lib/core/connect.js
@@ -181,11 +181,12 @@ const setupConnectTimeout = process.platform === 'win32'
 
       let s1 = null
       let s2 = null
+      const socket = socketWeakRef.deref()
       const fastTimer = timers.setFastTimeout(() => {
       // setImmediate is added to make sure that we prioritize socket error events over timeouts
         s1 = setImmediate(() => {
         // Windows needs an extra setImmediate probably due to implementation differences in the socket logic
-          s2 = setImmediate(() => onConnectTimeout(socketWeakRef.deref(), opts))
+          s2 = setImmediate(() => onConnectTimeout(socket, opts))
         })
       }, opts.timeout)
       return () => {
@@ -200,10 +201,12 @@ const setupConnectTimeout = process.platform === 'win32'
       }
 
       let s1 = null
+
+      const socket = socketWeakRef.deref()
       const fastTimer = timers.setFastTimeout(() => {
       // setImmediate is added to make sure that we prioritize socket error events over timeouts
         s1 = setImmediate(() => {
-          onConnectTimeout(socketWeakRef.deref(), opts)
+          onConnectTimeout(socket, opts)
         })
       }, opts.timeout)
       return () => {