diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/index.js b/lib/web/fetch/index.js
index 56e540d9d88..225b75f0204 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/index.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/index.js
@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@ function fetch (input, init = undefined) {
     request,
     processResponseEndOfBody: handleFetchDone,
     processResponse,
-    dispatcher: getRequestDispatcher(requestObject) // undici
+    dispatcher: getRequestDispatcher(requestObject), // undici
+    // Keep requestObject alive to prevent its AbortController from being GC'd
+    // See https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues/4627
+    requestObject
   })
 
   // 14. Return p.
@@ -376,7 +379,8 @@ function fetching ({
   processResponseEndOfBody,
   processResponseConsumeBody,
   useParallelQueue = false,
-  dispatcher = getGlobalDispatcher() // undici
+  dispatcher = getGlobalDispatcher(), // undici
+  requestObject = null // Keep alive to prevent AbortController GC, see #4627
 }) {
   // Ensure that the dispatcher is set accordingly
   assert(dispatcher)
@@ -430,7 +434,9 @@ function fetching ({
     processResponseConsumeBody,
     processResponseEndOfBody,
     taskDestination,
-    crossOriginIsolatedCapability
+    crossOriginIsolatedCapability,
+    // Keep requestObject alive to prevent its AbortController from being GC'd
+    requestObject
   }
 
   // 7. If request’s body is a byte sequence, then set request’s body to
diff --git a/test/fetch/issue-4627.js b/test/fetch/issue-4627.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f3ac4ea1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fetch/issue-4627.js
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+'use strict'
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues/4627
+// Fetch abort may not take effect when fetch init.redirect = 'error'
+// causing SSE connection leak
+
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+const { fetch } = require('../..')
+const { createServer } = require('node:http')
+const { once } = require('node:events')
+const { closeServerAsPromise } = require('../utils/node-http')
+
+// This test requires --expose-gc flag
+const hasGC = typeof global.gc === 'function'
+
+test('abort should work with redirect: error', { skip: !hasGC, timeout: 3000 }, async (t) => {
+  let connectionClosed = false
+  let messagesReceivedAfterAbort = 0
+
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
+      Connection: 'keep-alive'
+    })
+
+    // Send data every 20ms for faster test
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      res.write(`data: ${Date.now()}\n\n`)
+    }, 20)
+
+    res.on('close', () => {
+      connectionClosed = true
+      clearInterval(interval)
+    })
+  })
+
+  t.after(closeServerAsPromise(server))
+  await once(server.listen(0), 'listening')
+  const port = server.address().port
+
+  const ac = new AbortController()
+
+  const response = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/sse`, {
+    signal: ac.signal,
+    redirect: 'error'
+  })
+
+  let aborted = false
+
+  // Start reading the stream in background
+  const readPromise = (async () => {
+    try {
+      const reader = response.body.getReader()
+      while (true) {
+        const { done } = await reader.read()
+        if (done) break
+
+        if (aborted) {
+          messagesReceivedAfterAbort++
+          if (messagesReceivedAfterAbort >= 3) {
+            // Bug confirmed - received multiple messages after abort
+            reader.cancel()
+            break
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // AbortError is expected
+      if (err.name !== 'AbortError' && err.message !== 'aborted' && !err.message?.includes('cancel')) {
+        throw err
+      }
+    }
+  })()
+
+  // Wait for some data to be received
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100))
+
+  // Trigger GC to potentially collect the AbortController
+  global.gc()
+
+  // Abort the request
+  aborted = true
+  ac.abort()
+
+  // Wait for the read to complete or timeout
+  const timeout = new Promise((_resolve, reject) =>
+    setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Read did not complete in time')), 1000)
+  )
+
+  try {
+    await Promise.race([readPromise, timeout])
+  } catch (e) {
+    // If timed out, that's also a bug indication
+    if (e.message === 'Read did not complete in time') {
+      messagesReceivedAfterAbort = 999 // Force failure
+    } else {
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(messagesReceivedAfterAbort, 0, 'No data should be received after abort')
+
+  // Give some time for the connection to close
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100))
+
+  t.assert.ok(connectionClosed, 'Server connection should be closed after abort')
+})
+
+test('abort should work without redirect: error (control test)', { skip: !hasGC, timeout: 3000 }, async (t) => {
+  let connectionClosed = false
+  let messagesReceivedAfterAbort = 0
+
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
+      Connection: 'keep-alive'
+    })
+
+    // Send data every 20ms
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      res.write(`data: ${Date.now()}\n\n`)
+    }, 20)
+
+    res.on('close', () => {
+      connectionClosed = true
+      clearInterval(interval)
+    })
+  })
+
+  t.after(closeServerAsPromise(server))
+  await once(server.listen(0), 'listening')
+  const port = server.address().port
+
+  const ac = new AbortController()
+
+  // Without redirect: 'error' - this should work correctly
+  const response = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/sse`, {
+    signal: ac.signal
+  })
+
+  let aborted = false
+
+  // Start reading the stream in background
+  const readPromise = (async () => {
+    try {
+      const reader = response.body.getReader()
+      while (true) {
+        const { done } = await reader.read()
+        if (done) break
+
+        if (aborted) {
+          messagesReceivedAfterAbort++
+          if (messagesReceivedAfterAbort >= 3) {
+            reader.cancel()
+            break
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // AbortError is expected
+      if (err.name !== 'AbortError' && err.message !== 'aborted' && !err.message?.includes('cancel')) {
+        throw err
+      }
+    }
+  })()
+
+  // Wait for some data to be received
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100))
+
+  // Trigger GC
+  global.gc()
+
+  // Abort the request
+  aborted = true
+  ac.abort()
+
+  // Wait for the read to complete
+  await readPromise
+
+  // Give some time for the connection to close
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100))
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(messagesReceivedAfterAbort, 0, 'No data should be received after abort')
+  t.assert.ok(connectionClosed, 'Server connection should be closed after abort')
+})