diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 43956dae3f4d18..54a69aa02679e0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ const {
   validatePath
 } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const {
-  isUint32,
   validateMode,
   validateInteger,
   validateUint32
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ async function read(handle, buffer, offset, length, position) {
 
   validateOffsetLengthRead(offset, length, buffer.length);
 
-  if (!isUint32(position))
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(position))
     position = -1;
 
   const bytesRead = (await binding.read(handle.fd, buffer, offset, length,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
index a397b0e260aff4..621e63c075a256 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const { open } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const tmpDir = tmpdir.path;
@@ -40,6 +41,19 @@ async function validateEmptyRead() {
   assert.deepStrictEqual(buffer.length, readAsyncHandle.bytesRead);
 }
 
+async function validateLargeRead() {
+  // Reading beyond file length (3 in this case) should return no data.
+  // This is a test for a bug where reads > uint32 would return data
+  // from the current position in the file.
+  const filePath = fixtures.path('x.txt');
+  const fileHandle = await open(filePath, 'r');
+  const pos = 0xffffffff + 1; // max-uint32 + 1
+  const readHandle = await fileHandle.read(Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, pos);
+
+  assert.strictEqual(readHandle.bytesRead, 0);
+}
+
 validateRead()
   .then(validateEmptyRead)
+  .then(validateLargeRead)
   .then(common.mustCall());