diff --git a/lib/internal/histogram.js b/lib/internal/histogram.js
index 00149db50236da..f599e4b3edb5f5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/histogram.js
+++ b/lib/internal/histogram.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/util');
 
 const { format } = require('util');
-const { SafeMap, Symbol } = primordials;
+const { NumberIsNaN, SafeMap, Symbol } = primordials;
 
 const {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Histogram {
     if (typeof percentile !== 'number')
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('percentile', 'number', percentile);
 
-    if (percentile <= 0 || percentile > 100)
+    if (NumberIsNaN(percentile) || percentile <= 0 || percentile > 100)
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE.RangeError('percentile', percentile);
 
     return this[kHandle]?.percentile(percentile);
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-performance-eventloopdelay.js b/test/sequential/test-performance-eventloopdelay.js
index 5021ee98073d0e..b23e0977428347 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-performance-eventloopdelay.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-performance-eventloopdelay.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const { sleep } = require('internal/util');
           }
         );
       });
-      [-1, 0, 101].forEach((i) => {
+      [-1, 0, 101, NaN].forEach((i) => {
         assert.throws(
           () => histogram.percentile(i),
           {