diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index e41d0db03390b0..93be37533405da 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ fs.accessSync = function(path, mode) {
 fs.exists = function(path, callback) {
   if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), cb))
     return;
+  if (typeof path !== 'string' && !(path instanceof Buffer)) {
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'path',
+                               ['string', 'Buffer', 'URL']);
+  }
   if (!nullCheck(path, cb)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = cb;
@@ -361,6 +365,9 @@ Object.defineProperty(fs.exists, internalUtil.promisify.custom, {
 fs.existsSync = function(path) {
   try {
     handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
+    if (typeof path !== 'string' && !(path instanceof Buffer)) {
+      return false;
+    }
     nullCheck(path);
     binding.stat(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path));
     return true;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-exists.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-exists.js
index 331c8c04e38e78..a526373c6a876d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-exists.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-exists.js
@@ -42,3 +42,14 @@ fs.exists(new URL('https://foo'), common.mustCall(function(y) {
 
 assert(fs.existsSync(f));
 assert(!fs.existsSync(`${f}-NO`));
+
+common.expectsError(
+  () => { fs.exists(() => {}); },
+  {
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+    message: 'The "path" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, or URL',
+    type: TypeError
+  }
+);
+
+assert(!fs.existsSync());