diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index 7f6876599cc7fc..6eb07cdd4a9b14 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ const {
 
 const {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
-  ERR_STREAM_PUSH_AFTER_EOF,
   ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
-  ERR_STREAM_UNSHIFT_AFTER_END_EVENT
+  ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE,
+  ERR_STREAM_PUSH_AFTER_EOF,
+  ERR_STREAM_UNSHIFT_AFTER_END_EVENT,
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const { validateObject } = require('internal/validators');
 
@@ -1138,7 +1139,7 @@ async function* createAsyncIterator(stream, options) {
       } else if (endEmitted) {
         break;
       } else if (closeEmitted) {
-        break;
+        throw new ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE();
       } else {
         await new Promise(next);
       }
@@ -1152,7 +1153,6 @@ async function* createAsyncIterator(stream, options) {
   } finally {
     if (!errorThrown && opts.destroyOnReturn) {
       if (state.autoDestroy || !endEmitted) {
-        // TODO(ronag): ERR_PREMATURE_CLOSE?
         destroyImpl.destroyer(stream, null);
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-async-iterators.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-async-iterators.js
index a497317565fb4c..ec1cb464845e70 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-async-iterators.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-async-iterators.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const {
 } = require('stream');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
+const fs = require('fs');
 
 async function tests() {
   {
@@ -338,11 +339,17 @@ async function tests() {
     process.nextTick(async () => {
       readable.on('close', common.mustNotCall());
       let received = 0;
-      for await (const k of readable) {
-        // Just make linting pass. This should never run.
-        assert.strictEqual(k, 'hello');
-        received++;
+      let err = null;
+      try {
+        for await (const k of readable) {
+          // Just make linting pass. This should never run.
+          assert.strictEqual(k, 'hello');
+          received++;
+        }
+      } catch (_err) {
+        err = _err;
       }
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
       assert.strictEqual(received, 0);
     });
   }
@@ -412,8 +419,13 @@ async function tests() {
 
     readable.destroy();
 
-    const { done } = await readable[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next();
-    assert.strictEqual(done, true);
+    const it = await readable[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+    const next = it.next();
+    next
+      .then(common.mustNotCall())
+      .catch(common.mustCall((err) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
+      }));
   }
 
   {
@@ -458,7 +470,7 @@ async function tests() {
   }
 
   {
-    console.log('destroy mid-stream does not error');
+    console.log('destroy mid-stream errors');
     const r = new Readable({
       objectMode: true,
       read() {
@@ -467,10 +479,16 @@ async function tests() {
       }
     });
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-    for await (const a of r) {
-      r.destroy(null);
+    let err = null;
+    try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+      for await (const a of r) {
+        r.destroy(null);
+      }
+    } catch (_err) {
+      err = _err;
     }
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
   }
 
   {
@@ -514,7 +532,7 @@ async function tests() {
   }
 
   {
-    console.log('all next promises must be resolved on destroy');
+    console.log('all next promises must be rejected on destroy');
     const r = new Readable({
       objectMode: true,
       read() {
@@ -525,7 +543,11 @@ async function tests() {
     const c = b.next();
     const d = b.next();
     r.destroy();
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(await c, { done: true, value: undefined });
+    c
+      .then(common.mustNotCall())
+      .catch(common.mustCall((err) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
+      }));
     assert.deepStrictEqual(await d, { done: true, value: undefined });
   }
 
@@ -675,7 +697,7 @@ async function tests() {
 }
 
 {
-  // AsyncIterator should finish correctly if destroyed.
+  // AsyncIterator should not finish correctly if destroyed.
 
   const r = new Readable({
     objectMode: true,
@@ -688,11 +710,34 @@ async function tests() {
     const it = r[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
     const next = it.next();
     next
-      .then(common.mustCall(({ done }) => assert.strictEqual(done, true)))
-      .catch(common.mustNotCall());
+      .then(common.mustNotCall())
+      .catch(common.mustCall((err) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
+      }));
   });
 }
 
+{
+  // AsyncIterator should throw if prematurely closed
+  // before end has been emitted.
+  (async function() {
+    const readable = fs.createReadStream(__filename);
+
+    try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+      for await (const chunk of readable) {
+        readable.close();
+      }
+
+      assert.fail('should have thrown');
+    } catch (err) {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
+    }
+
+    assert.ok(readable.destroyed);
+  })().then(common.mustCall());
+}
+
 // AsyncIterator non-destroying iterator
 {
   function createReadable() {