diff --git a/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js b/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js
index 02f4d47d006..e6e661b157c 100644
--- a/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js
+++ b/lib/web/eventsource/eventsource.js
@@ -231,12 +231,9 @@ class EventSource extends EventTarget {
 
     // 14. Let processEventSourceEndOfBody given response res be the following step: if res is not a network error, then reestablish the connection.
     const processEventSourceEndOfBody = (response) => {
-      if (isNetworkError(response)) {
-        this.dispatchEvent(new Event('error'))
-        this.close()
+      if (!isNetworkError(response)) {
+        return this.#reconnect()
       }
-
-      this.#reconnect()
     }
 
     // 15. Fetch request, with processResponseEndOfBody set to processEventSourceEndOfBody...
diff --git a/lib/web/eventsource/util.js b/lib/web/eventsource/util.js
index 727d8660e5f..ee0b4d36df0 100644
--- a/lib/web/eventsource/util.js
+++ b/lib/web/eventsource/util.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function isASCIINumber (value) {
 // https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues/2664
 function delay (ms) {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    setTimeout(resolve, ms).unref()
+    setTimeout(resolve, ms)
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/test/eventsource/eventsource-connect.js b/test/eventsource/eventsource-connect.js
index 018032044fa..41879ef37e4 100644
--- a/test/eventsource/eventsource-connect.js
+++ b/test/eventsource/eventsource-connect.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const events = require('node:events')
 const http = require('node:http')
 const { test, describe } = require('node:test')
 const { EventSource } = require('../../lib/web/eventsource/eventsource')
+const { randomInt } = require('node:crypto')
 
 describe('EventSource - sending correct request headers', () => {
   test('should send request with connection keep-alive', async () => {
@@ -181,4 +182,21 @@ describe('EventSource - received response must have content-type to be text/even
       server.close()
     }
   })
+
+  test('should try to connect again if server is unreachable', async () => {
+    const domain = 'bad.n' + randomInt(1e10).toString(36) + '.proxy'
+
+    const eventSourceInstance = new EventSource(`http://${domain}`)
+
+    const onerrorCalls = []
+    eventSourceInstance.onerror = (error) => {
+      onerrorCalls.push(error)
+    }
+
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 8000))
+
+    eventSourceInstance.close()
+
+    assert.strictEqual(onerrorCalls.length, 3)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/node-platform-objects.js b/test/node-platform-objects.js
index 19e2b01a507..7bc71e8c699 100644
--- a/test/node-platform-objects.js
+++ b/test/node-platform-objects.js
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ test('unserializable web instances should be uncloneable if node exposes the api
       { Uncloneable: MessageEvent, value: 'dummy event', brand: 'MessageEvent' },
       { Uncloneable: CloseEvent, value: 'dummy event', brand: 'CloseEvent' },
       { Uncloneable: ErrorEvent, value: 'dummy event', brand: 'ErrorEvent' },
-      { Uncloneable: EventSource, value: 'http://localhost', brand: 'EventSource' },
+      { Uncloneable: EventSource, value: 'http://localhost', brand: 'EventSource', doneCb: (entity) => entity.close() },
       { Uncloneable: Headers, brand: 'Headers' },
       { Uncloneable: WebSocket, value: 'http://localhost', brand: 'WebSocket' },
       { Uncloneable: Cache, value: kConstruct, brand: 'Cache' },
       { Uncloneable: CacheStorage, value: kConstruct, brand: 'CacheStorage' }
     ]
     uncloneables.forEach((platformEntity) => {
-      t.throws(() => structuredClone(new platformEntity.Uncloneable(platformEntity.value)),
+      const entity = new platformEntity.Uncloneable(platformEntity.value)
+      t.throws(() => structuredClone(entity),
         DOMException,
         `Cloning ${platformEntity.brand} should throw DOMException`)
+
+      platformEntity.doneCb?.(entity)
     })
   }
 })