diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index 9cf786a15be847..d2ee3aaeb15a3b 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ function chunkInvalid(state, chunk) {
   var er;
   if (!Stream._isUint8Array(chunk) &&
       typeof chunk !== 'string' &&
-      chunk !== undefined &&
       !state.objectMode) {
     er = new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
                               'chunk', ['string', 'Buffer', 'Uint8Array']);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js
index fcd7414bb66632..d9e03157170739 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-invalid-chunk.js
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ function checkError(fn) {
 checkError(() => readable.push([]));
 checkError(() => readable.push({}));
 checkError(() => readable.push(0));
+checkError(() => readable.push());