diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 780940b4f43b1b..f0a9b676b34992 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -2009,12 +2009,12 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
   this.closed = false;
 
   if (this.start !== undefined) {
-    if (typeof this.start !== 'number') {
+    if (typeof this.start !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(this.start)) {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('start', 'number', this.start);
     }
     if (this.end === undefined) {
       this.end = Infinity;
-    } else if (typeof this.end !== 'number') {
+    } else if (typeof this.end !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(this.end)) {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('end', 'number', this.end);
     }
 
@@ -2031,6 +2031,8 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
   // (That is a semver-major change).
   if (typeof this.end !== 'number')
     this.end = Infinity;
+  else if (Number.isNaN(this.end))
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('end', 'number', this.end);
 
   if (typeof this.fd !== 'number')
     this.open();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js
index c2b0d5452c55e3..5cba76fa394636 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-throw-type-error.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
+// This test ensures that appropriate TypeError is thrown by createReadStream
+// when an argument with invalid type is passed
+
 const example = fixtures.path('x.txt');
 // Should not throw.
 fs.createReadStream(example, undefined);
@@ -25,3 +28,8 @@ createReadStreamErr(example, 123);
 createReadStreamErr(example, 0);
 createReadStreamErr(example, true);
 createReadStreamErr(example, false);
+
+// createReadSteam _should_ throw on NaN
+createReadStreamErr(example, { start: NaN });
+createReadStreamErr(example, { end: NaN });
+createReadStreamErr(example, { start: NaN, end: NaN });