diff --git a/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js b/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
index fdf540a47e08ae..cef87c4cfdf1a8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
+++ b/lib/internal/stream_base_commons.js
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ function onStreamRead(arrayBuffer) {
   }
 
   if (nread !== UV_EOF) {
-    return stream.destroy(errnoException(nread, 'read'));
+    // #34375 CallJSOnreadMethod expects the return value to be a buffer.
+    stream.destroy(errnoException(nread, 'read'));
+    return;
   }
 
   // Defer this until we actually emit end
@@ -225,8 +227,11 @@ function onStreamRead(arrayBuffer) {
     // test-https-truncate test.
     if (handle.readStop) {
       const err = handle.readStop();
-      if (err)
-        return stream.destroy(errnoException(err, 'read'));
+      if (err) {
+        // #34375 CallJSOnreadMethod expects the return value to be a buffer.
+        stream.destroy(errnoException(err, 'read'));
+        return;
+      }
     }
 
     // Push a null to signal the end of data.