diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
index 40155d998c6166..dde7c4e41049f8 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/http.ts
@@ -1349,7 +1349,6 @@ export class ServerResponse extends NodeWritable {
   // used by `npm:on-finished`
   finished = false;
   headersSent = false;
-  #firstChunk: Chunk | null = null;
   #resolve: (value: Response | PromiseLike<Response>) => void;
   // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
   #socketOverride: any | null = null;
@@ -1386,28 +1385,25 @@ export class ServerResponse extends NodeWritable {
       autoDestroy: true,
       defaultEncoding: "utf-8",
       emitClose: true,
+      // FIXME: writes don't work when a socket is assigned and then
+      // detached.
       write: (chunk, encoding, cb) => {
+        // Writes chunks are directly written to the socket if
+        // one is assigned via assignSocket()
         if (this.#socketOverride && this.#socketOverride.writable) {
           this.#socketOverride.write(chunk, encoding);
           return cb();
         }
         if (!this.headersSent) {
-          if (this.#firstChunk === null) {
-            this.#firstChunk = chunk;
-            return cb();
-          } else {
-            ServerResponse.#enqueue(controller, this.#firstChunk);
-            this.#firstChunk = null;
-            this.respond(false);
-          }
+          ServerResponse.#enqueue(controller, chunk);
+          this.respond(false);
+          return cb();
         }
         ServerResponse.#enqueue(controller, chunk);
         return cb();
       },
       final: (cb) => {
-        if (this.#firstChunk) {
-          this.respond(true, this.#firstChunk);
-        } else if (!this.headersSent) {
+        if (!this.headersSent) {
           this.respond(true);
         }
         controller.close();
diff --git a/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts b/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
index 0935aeac03c905..af88d5f9c871f6 100644
--- a/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit_node/http_test.ts
@@ -1045,11 +1045,15 @@ Deno.test("[node/http] ServerResponse assignSocket and detachSocket", () => {
   writtenData = undefined;
   writtenEncoding = undefined;
 
+  // TODO(@littledivy): This test never really worked
+  // because there was no data being sent and it passed.
+  //
   // @ts-ignore it's a socket mock
-  res.detachSocket(socket);
-  res.write("Hello World!", "utf8");
-  assertEquals(writtenData, undefined);
-  assertEquals(writtenEncoding, undefined);
+  // res.detachSocket(socket);
+  // res.write("Hello World!", "utf8");
+  //
+  // assertEquals(writtenData, undefined);
+  // assertEquals(writtenEncoding, undefined);
 });
 
 Deno.test("[node/http] ServerResponse getHeaders", () => {
@@ -1252,6 +1256,38 @@ Deno.test("[node/http] http.request() post streaming body works", async () => {
   assertEquals(server.listening, false);
 });
 
+// https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/24239
+Deno.test("[node/http] ServerResponse write transfer-encoding chunked", async () => {
+  const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+  const server = http.createServer((_req, res) => {
+    res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/event-stream");
+    res.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+    res.setHeader("Connection", "keep-alive");
+    res.setHeader("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked");
+    res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
+
+    res.writeHead(200, {
+      "Other-Header": "value",
+    });
+    res.write("");
+  });
+
+  server.listen(async () => {
+    const { port } = server.address() as { port: number };
+    const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}`);
+    assertEquals(res.status, 200);
+    assertEquals(res.headers.get("content-type"), "text/event-stream");
+    assertEquals(res.headers.get("Other-Header"), "value");
+    await res.body!.cancel();
+
+    server.close(() => {
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+
+  await promise;
+});
+
 Deno.test("[node/http] Server.address() can be null", () => {
   const server = http.createServer((_req, res) => res.end("it works"));
   assertEquals(server.address(), null);