diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
index 2e79243da8fb5e..57c2304fca82cc 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const {
   copyObject,
   getOptions,
+  getValidatedFd,
+  validatePath,
 } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const { Readable, Writable, finished } = require('stream');
 const { toPathIfFileURL } = require('internal/url');
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ function close(stream, err, cb) {
 
 function importFd(stream, options) {
   stream.fd = null;
-  if (options.fd) {
+  if (options.fd != null) {
     if (typeof options.fd === 'number') {
       // When fd is a raw descriptor, we must keep our fingers crossed
       // that the descriptor won't get closed, or worse, replaced with
@@ -185,6 +187,13 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
     this.pos = this.start;
   }
 
+  // If fd has been set, validate, otherwise validate path.
+  if (this.fd != null) {
+    this.fd = getValidatedFd(this.fd);
+  } else {
+    validatePath(this.path);
+  }
+
   if (this.end === undefined) {
     this.end = Infinity;
   } else if (this.end !== Infinity) {
@@ -344,6 +353,13 @@ function WriteStream(path, options) {
   this.closed = false;
   this[kIsPerformingIO] = false;
 
+  // If fd has been set, validate, otherwise validate path.
+  if (this.fd != null) {
+    this.fd = getValidatedFd(this.fd);
+  } else {
+    validatePath(this.path);
+  }
+
   if (this.start !== undefined) {
     validateInteger(this.start, 'start', 0);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-stream-options.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-stream-options.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f1ffaddd28b2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-stream-options.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+{
+  const fd = 'k';
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => {
+      fs.createReadStream(null, { fd });
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      name: 'TypeError',
+    });
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => {
+      fs.createWriteStream(null, { fd });
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      name: 'TypeError',
+    });
+}
+
+{
+  const path = 46;
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => {
+      fs.createReadStream(path);
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      name: 'TypeError',
+    });
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => {
+      fs.createWriteStream(path);
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      name: 'TypeError',
+    });
+}