diff --git a/src/runtime/webcore/FileReader.zig b/src/runtime/webcore/FileReader.zig
index 0d26e3f3d2e2..efb8aa065fc3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/webcore/FileReader.zig
+++ b/src/runtime/webcore/FileReader.zig
@@ -622,6 +622,16 @@ pub fn onReaderError(this: *FileReader, err: bun.sys.Error) void {
 
     this.pending.result = .{ .err = .{ .Error = err } };
     this.pending.run();
+
+    // onStart() increments the parent refcount and sets waiting_for_onReaderDone
+    // so the reader stays alive until I/O completes. PosixBufferedReader.onError
+    // only invokes this callback and does not follow up with done()/onReaderDone,
+    // so without this decrement the refcount never reaches 0 after JS finalize
+    // and the FileReader (plus its fd/poll) leaks.
+    if (this.waiting_for_onReaderDone) {
+        this.waiting_for_onReaderDone = false;
+        _ = this.parent().decrementCount();
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn setRawMode(this: *FileReader, flag: bool) bun.sys.Maybe(void) {
diff --git a/test/js/bun/util/bun-file-fd-read.test.ts b/test/js/bun/util/bun-file-fd-read.test.ts
index fe1e53191e31..de928117f9fd 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/util/bun-file-fd-read.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/util/bun-file-fd-read.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { closeSync, openSync } from "fs";
-import { isWindows, tempDir } from "harness";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, isLinux, isMacOS, isWindows, tempDir } from "harness";
 import { join } from "path";
 
 // Reading a Bun.file() backed by a file descriptor goes through
@@ -50,3 +50,107 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows)("Bun.file(fd) read", () => {
     expect((await withFd(path, fd => Bun.file(fd).arrayBuffer())).byteLength).toBe(0);
   });
 });
+
+// FileReader.onStart() increments the parent refcount and sets
+// waiting_for_onReaderDone=true so the native source outlives the JS wrapper
+// until I/O completes. On POSIX, when a read syscall fails,
+// PosixBufferedReader.onError only invokes onReaderError and does not follow
+// up with done()/onReaderDone. FileReader.onReaderError previously rejected
+// the pending pull but never cleared waiting_for_onReaderDone or called
+// decrementCount(), so after JS finalize the refcount sat at 1, deinit never
+// ran, and the dup'd fd/poll leaked forever.
+//
+// Gated to Linux/macOS (not isPosix) because the fixture's countFds relies on
+// /proc/self/fd or /dev/fd, and procfs is not mounted by default on FreeBSD.
+test.skipIf(!isLinux && !isMacOS)("Bun.file(fd).stream() does not leak fds when read fails (ECONNRESET)", async () => {
+  // Run in a subprocess so fd counting is not polluted by the test runner's
+  // own descriptors and GC finalization is deterministic at exit.
+  const fixture = /* js */ `
+    import net from "node:net";
+    import fs from "node:fs";
+
+    const countFds = () =>
+      fs.readdirSync(process.platform === "darwin" ? "/dev/fd" : "/proc/self/fd").length;
+
+    // Bun.listen socket.terminate() closes with SO_LINGER{1,0} so the peer's
+    // next recv() returns ECONNRESET, which is the read-syscall error path
+    // (PosixBufferedReader.onError -> FileReader.onReaderError) we need.
+    const server = Bun.listen({
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
+      port: 0,
+      socket: {
+        data(socket) { socket.terminate(); },
+        open() {}, close() {}, error() {},
+      },
+    });
+
+    async function once() {
+      const sock = new net.Socket();
+      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        sock.once("connect", resolve);
+        sock.once("error", reject);
+        sock.connect(server.port, "127.0.0.1");
+      });
+      const fd = sock._handle.fd;
+
+      // getReader() triggers FileReader.onStart() synchronously: dups fd,
+      // registers epoll poll, increments refcount.
+      const reader = Bun.file(fd).stream().getReader();
+
+      // Wake the server so it RSTs us.
+      sock.write("x");
+
+      let caught;
+      try {
+        while (true) {
+          const { done } = await reader.read();
+          if (done) break;
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        caught = e;
+      }
+      sock.destroy();
+      return caught;
+    }
+
+    // Warm up so any one-time allocations (epoll fd, etc.) don't count as leaks.
+    await once();
+    Bun.gc(true);
+    const before = countFds();
+
+    let errored = 0;
+    const iterations = 50;
+    for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+      if (await once()) errored++;
+    }
+
+    Bun.gc(true);
+    await Bun.sleep(0);
+    Bun.gc(true);
+    const after = countFds();
+
+    console.log(JSON.stringify({ before, after, leaked: after - before, errored, iterations }));
+    server.stop(true);
+    // Leaked polls keep the event loop alive on the buggy build; exit
+    // explicitly so the fd-count assertion above is what fails, not a timeout.
+    process.exit(0);
+  `;
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", fixture],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(stderr).toBe("");
+  const result = JSON.parse(stdout.trim());
+  // The read must actually fail with ECONNRESET; if it doesn't, the test
+  // isn't exercising the onReaderError path and would pass vacuously.
+  expect(result.errored).toBeGreaterThan(result.iterations / 2);
+  // Allow a little slack for incidental fds, but a per-iteration leak would
+  // show ~iterations extra fds here.
+  expect(result.leaked).toBeLessThan(5);
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});