diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-promises-position-validation.mjs b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-promises-position-validation.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1531a002b01fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-promises-position-validation.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import '../common/index.mjs';
+import * as fixtures from '../common/fixtures.mjs';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+// This test ensures that "position" argument is correctly validated
+
+const filepath = fixtures.path('x.txt');
+
+const buffer = Buffer.from('xyz\n');
+const offset = 0;
+const length = buffer.byteLength;
+
+// allowedErrors is an array of acceptable internal errors
+// For example, on some platforms read syscall might return -EFBIG
+async function testValid(position, allowedErrors = []) {
+  let fh;
+  try {
+    fh = await fs.promises.open(filepath, 'r');
+    await fh.read(buffer, offset, length, position);
+    await fh.read({ buffer, offset, length, position });
+    await fh.read(buffer, { offset, length, position });
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (!allowedErrors.includes(err.code)) {
+      assert.fail(err);
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await fh?.close();
+  }
+}
+
+async function testInvalid(code, position) {
+  let fh;
+  try {
+    fh = await fs.promises.open(filepath, 'r');
+    await assert.rejects(
+      fh.read(buffer, offset, length, position),
+      { code }
+    );
+    await assert.rejects(
+      fh.read({ buffer, offset, length, position }),
+      { code }
+    );
+    await assert.rejects(
+      fh.read(buffer, { offset, length, position }),
+      { code }
+    );
+  } finally {
+    await fh?.close();
+  }
+}
+
+{
+  await testValid(undefined);
+  await testValid(null);
+  await testValid(-1);
+  await testValid(-1n);
+
+  await testValid(0);
+  await testValid(0n);
+  await testValid(1);
+  await testValid(1n);
+  await testValid(9);
+  await testValid(9n);
+  await testValid(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, [ 'EFBIG' ]);
+
+  await testValid(2n ** 63n - 1n - BigInt(length), [ 'EFBIG' ]);
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', 2n ** 63n);
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', 2n ** 63n - BigInt(length));
+
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', NaN);
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', -Infinity);
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', Infinity);
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', -0.999);
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', -(2n ** 64n));
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1);
+  await testInvalid('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', Number.MAX_VALUE);
+
+  for (const badTypeValue of [
+    false, true, '1', Symbol(1), {}, [], () => {}, Promise.resolve(1),
+  ]) {
+    testInvalid('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', badTypeValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readSync-position-validation.mjs b/test/parallel/test-fs-readSync-position-validation.mjs
index 6a0411a1bb543d..978283523bc7e8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readSync-position-validation.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readSync-position-validation.mjs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function testValid(position, allowedErrors = []) {
   }
 }
 
-function testInvalid(code, position, internalCatch = false) {
+function testInvalid(code, position) {
   let fdSync;
   try {
     fdSync = fs.openSync(filepath, 'r');