diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index f0a9b676b34..ebf70948192 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -2128,7 +2128,7 @@ ReadStream.prototype._destroy = function(err, cb) {
     return;
   }
 
-  closeFsStream(this, cb);
+  closeFsStream(this, cb, err);
   this.fd = null;
 };
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-stream-destroy-emit-error.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-stream-destroy-emit-error.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0405ce5f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-stream-destroy-emit-error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+test(fs.createReadStream(__filename));
+test(fs.createWriteStream(`${tmpdir.path}/dummy`));
+
+function test(stream) {
+  const err = new Error('DESTROYED');
+  stream.on('open', function() {
+    stream.destroy(err);
+  });
+  stream.on('error', common.mustCall(function(err_) {
+    assert.strictEqual(err_, err);
+  }));
+}