diff --git a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
index 5d27880735..8d3e20c302 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go
@@ -802,9 +802,6 @@ func (p *ReverseProxy) handleUpgradeResponse(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.R
 	if err == nil {
 		err = <-errc
 	}
-	if err != nil && err != errCopyDone {
-		p.getErrorHandler()(rw, req, fmt.Errorf("can't copy: %v", err))
-	}
 }
 
 var errCopyDone = errors.New("hijacked connection copy complete")
diff --git a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
index 1acbc296c3..62c93fb261 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy_test.go
@@ -2104,10 +2104,56 @@ func testReverseProxyQueryParameterSmuggling(t *testing.T, wantCleanQuery bool,
 	}
 }
 
+// Issue #72954: We should not call WriteHeader on a ResponseWriter after hijacking
+// the connection.
+func TestReverseProxyHijackCopyError(t *testing.T) {
+	backend := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Upgrade", "someproto")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusSwitchingProtocols)
+	}))
+	defer backend.Close()
+	backendURL, err := url.Parse(backend.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	proxyHandler := &ReverseProxy{
+		Rewrite: func(r *ProxyRequest) {
+			r.SetURL(backendURL)
+		},
+		ModifyResponse: func(resp *http.Response) error {
+			resp.Body = &testReadWriteCloser{
+				read: func([]byte) (int, error) {
+					return 0, errors.New("read error")
+				},
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	hijacked := false
+	rw := &testResponseWriter{
+		writeHeader: func(statusCode int) {
+			if hijacked {
+				t.Errorf("WriteHeader(%v) called after Hijack", statusCode)
+			}
+		},
+		hijack: func() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+			hijacked = true
+			cli, srv := net.Pipe()
+			go io.Copy(io.Discard, cli)
+			return srv, bufio.NewReadWriter(bufio.NewReader(srv), bufio.NewWriter(srv)), nil
+		},
+	}
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.tld/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Upgrade", "someproto")
+	proxyHandler.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+}
+
 type testResponseWriter struct {
 	h           http.Header
 	writeHeader func(int)
 	write       func([]byte) (int, error)
+	hijack      func() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error)
 }
 
 func (rw *testResponseWriter) Header() http.Header {
@@ -2129,3 +2175,37 @@ func (rw *testResponseWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 	return len(p), nil
 }
+
+func (rw *testResponseWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	if rw.hijack != nil {
+		return rw.hijack()
+	}
+	return nil, nil, errors.ErrUnsupported
+}
+
+type testReadWriteCloser struct {
+	read  func([]byte) (int, error)
+	write func([]byte) (int, error)
+	close func() error
+}
+
+func (rc *testReadWriteCloser) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if rc.read != nil {
+		return rc.read(p)
+	}
+	return 0, io.EOF
+}
+
+func (rc *testReadWriteCloser) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if rc.write != nil {
+		return rc.write(p)
+	}
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func (rc *testReadWriteCloser) Close() error {
+	if rc.close != nil {
+		return rc.close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}