diff --git a/lib/intercepted_request_router.js b/lib/intercepted_request_router.js
index 54398f573..8c42d287e 100644
--- a/lib/intercepted_request_router.js
+++ b/lib/intercepted_request_router.js
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ class InterceptedRequestRouter {
     // any timeout in the request options override any timeout in the agent options.
     // per https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21204
     const timeout =
-      options.timeout || (options.agent && options.agent.options.timeout)
+      options.timeout ||
+      (options.agent && options.agent.options && options.agent.options.timeout)
+
     if (timeout) {
       this.socket.setTimeout(timeout)
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_request_overrider.js b/tests/test_request_overrider.js
index 515011040..be973706b 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_overrider.js
+++ b/tests/test_request_overrider.js
@@ -826,4 +826,18 @@ describe('Request Overrider', () => {
 
     expect(response).to.equal('BUFFER_SENT')
   })
+
+  // https://github.com/nock/nock/issues/2298
+  it('should handle non-default agents', async () => {
+    nock('https://example.test').get('/').reply(200, 'OK')
+
+    const agent = {
+      foo: 'bar',
+    }
+
+    const { statusCode } = await got('https://example.test', {
+      agent: { https: agent },
+    })
+    expect(statusCode).to.equal(200)
+  })
 })