diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
index 751043886f0d96..8273b864907c9f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
@@ -75,3 +75,11 @@ for (const e of fileInfo) {
   }));
   process.nextTick(() => controller.abort());
 }
+{
+  // Verify that if something different than Abortcontroller.signal
+  // is passed, ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE is thrown
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    const callback = common.mustNotCall(() => {});
+    fs.readFile(fileInfo[0].name, { signal: 'hello' }, callback);
+  }, { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', name: 'TypeError' });
+}