diff --git a/src/node_api.cc b/src/node_api.cc
index 793e0303ca63a3..85621b3218b03a 100644
--- a/src/node_api.cc
+++ b/src/node_api.cc
@@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_get_buffer_info(napi_env env,
   CHECK_ARG(env, value);
 
   v8::Local<v8::Value> buffer = v8impl::V8LocalValueFromJsValue(value);
+  RETURN_STATUS_IF_FALSE(
+      env, node::Buffer::HasInstance(buffer), napi_invalid_arg);
 
   if (data != nullptr) {
     *data = node::Buffer::Data(buffer);
diff --git a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js
index ac9cdff408a4a8..bf16860f6d42f8 100644
--- a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js
+++ b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ const tick = require('util').promisify(require('../../common/tick'));
   await tick(10);
   console.log('gc2');
   assert.strictEqual(binding.getDeleterCallCount(), 2);
+
+  // To test this doesn't crash
+  binding.invalidObjectAsBuffer({});
 })().then(common.mustCall());
diff --git a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c
index 013a7e2d417fbe..8d112fb11fd015 100644
--- a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c
+++ b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c
@@ -107,6 +107,22 @@ static napi_value staticBuffer(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
   return theBuffer;
 }
 
+static napi_value invalidObjectAsBuffer(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
+  size_t argc = 1;
+  napi_value args[1];
+  NODE_API_CALL(env, napi_get_cb_info(env, info, &argc, args, NULL, NULL));
+  NODE_API_ASSERT(env, argc == 1, "Wrong number of arguments");
+
+  napi_value notTheBuffer = args[0];
+  napi_status status = napi_get_buffer_info(env, notTheBuffer, NULL, NULL);
+  NODE_API_ASSERT(env,
+                  status == napi_invalid_arg,
+                  "napi_get_buffer_info: should fail with napi_invalid_arg "
+                  "when passed non buffer");
+
+  return notTheBuffer;
+}
+
 static napi_value Init(napi_env env, napi_value exports) {
   napi_value theValue;
 
@@ -123,6 +139,7 @@ static napi_value Init(napi_env env, napi_value exports) {
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("bufferHasInstance", bufferHasInstance),
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("bufferInfo", bufferInfo),
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("staticBuffer", staticBuffer),
+      DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("invalidObjectAsBuffer", invalidObjectAsBuffer),
   };
 
   NODE_API_CALL(env, napi_define_properties(