diff --git a/lib/browser/api/net.js b/lib/browser/api/net.js
index fe5abe465fb9..99c6f09487c5 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/net.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/net.js
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class ClientRequest extends Writable {
   }
 
   getUploadProgress () {
-    return { ...this._uploadProgress } || { active: false }
+    return this._uploadProgress ? { ...this._uploadProgress } : { active: false }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/spec-main/api-net-spec.ts b/spec-main/api-net-spec.ts
index faf5852f3d19..f9e4ceb60ece 100644
--- a/spec-main/api-net-spec.ts
+++ b/spec-main/api-net-spec.ts
@@ -1205,6 +1205,17 @@ describe('net module', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    it('should report upload progress', async () => {
+      const serverUrl = await respondOnce.toSingleURL((request, response) => {
+        response.end()
+      })
+      const netRequest = net.request({ url: serverUrl, method: 'POST' })
+      expect(netRequest.getUploadProgress()).to.deep.equal({ active: false })
+      netRequest.end(Buffer.from('hello'))
+      const [position, total] = await emittedOnce(netRequest, 'upload-progress')
+      expect(netRequest.getUploadProgress()).to.deep.equal({ active: true, started: true, current: position, total })
+    })
+
     it('should emit error event on server socket destroy', async () => {
       const serverUrl = await respondOnce.toSingleURL((request) => {
         request.socket.destroy()