diff --git a/cli/tests/unit_node/crypto/crypto_cipher_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit_node/crypto/crypto_cipher_test.ts
index 417f5035cc1e90..0eecaacf062d15 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit_node/crypto/crypto_cipher_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit_node/crypto/crypto_cipher_test.ts
@@ -199,3 +199,27 @@ Deno.test({
     assertEquals(await text(stream), "foo".repeat(15));
   },
 });
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: "createCipheriv - invalid algorithm",
+  fn() {
+    assertThrows(
+      () =>
+        crypto.createCipheriv("foo", new Uint8Array(16), new Uint8Array(16)),
+      TypeError,
+      "Unknown cipher",
+    );
+  },
+});
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: "createDecipheriv - invalid algorithm",
+  fn() {
+    assertThrows(
+      () =>
+        crypto.createDecipheriv("foo", new Uint8Array(16), new Uint8Array(16)),
+      TypeError,
+      "Unknown cipher",
+    );
+  },
+});
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/crypto/cipher.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/crypto/cipher.ts
index 3a8b41f0697aed..5622576cd979b3 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/crypto/cipher.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/crypto/cipher.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ export class Cipheriv extends Transform implements Cipher {
     });
     this.#cache = new BlockModeCache(false);
     this.#context = ops.op_node_create_cipheriv(cipher, toU8(key), toU8(iv));
+    if (this.#context == 0) {
+      throw new TypeError("Unknown cipher");
+    }
   }
 
   final(encoding: string = getDefaultEncoding()): Buffer | string {
@@ -278,6 +281,9 @@ export class Decipheriv extends Transform implements Cipher {
     });
     this.#cache = new BlockModeCache(true);
     this.#context = ops.op_node_create_decipheriv(cipher, toU8(key), toU8(iv));
+    if (this.#context == 0) {
+      throw new TypeError("Unknown cipher");
+    }
   }
 
   final(encoding: string = getDefaultEncoding()): Buffer | string {