diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index ee918b49aa0..137b95ff0a9 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
   this.mode = options.hasOwnProperty('mode') ? options.mode : 438; /*=0666*/
 
   this.start = options.hasOwnProperty('start') ? options.start : undefined;
-  this.end = options.hasOwnProperty('start') ? options.end : undefined;
+  this.end = options.hasOwnProperty('end') ? options.end : undefined;
   this.autoClose = options.hasOwnProperty('autoClose') ?
       options.autoClose : true;
   this.pos = undefined;