diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index 10f5471e21d3eb..5c352135dc3012 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function destroyer(stream, err) {
     // TODO: Don't lose err?
     stream.close();
   } else if (err) {
-    process.nextTick(emitErrorCloseLegacy, stream);
+    process.nextTick(emitErrorCloseLegacy, stream, err);
   } else {
     process.nextTick(emitCloseLegacy, stream);
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
index eecf836b5bb77f..529b18386e25a6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
@@ -1526,3 +1526,33 @@ const tsp = require('timers/promises');
     assert.strictEqual(val, null);
   }));
 }
+
+{
+  // Mimics a legacy stream without the .destroy method
+  class LegacyWritable extends Stream {
+    write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+      callback();
+    }
+  }
+
+  const writable = new LegacyWritable();
+  writable.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(err, new Error('stop'));
+  }));
+
+  pipeline(
+    Readable.from({
+      [Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+        return {
+          next() {
+            return Promise.reject(new Error('stop'));
+          }
+        };
+      }
+    }),
+    writable,
+    common.mustCall((err) => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(err, new Error('stop'));
+    })
+  );
+}