diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
index dfff08dbbd1d2a..92e32c2258c86f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const { Readable, Writable } = require('stream');
 const { toPathIfFileURL } = require('internal/url');
+const { errorOrDestroy } = require('internal/streams/destroy');
 
 const kMinPoolSpace = 128;
+const kPending = Symbol('pending');
 
 let pool;
 // It can happen that we expect to read a large chunk of data, and reserve
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
   // For backwards compat do not emit close on destroy.
   options.emitClose = false;
 
+  options.autoDestroy = options.autoClose == null ? true : options.autoClose;
+
   Readable.call(this, options);
 
   // Path will be ignored when fd is specified, so it can be falsy
@@ -74,10 +78,11 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
   this.fd = options.fd === undefined ? null : options.fd;
   this.flags = options.flags === undefined ? 'r' : options.flags;
   this.mode = options.mode === undefined ? 0o666 : options.mode;
+  this[kPending] = !this.fd;
 
   this.start = options.start;
   this.end = options.end;
-  this.autoClose = options.autoClose === undefined ? true : options.autoClose;
+  this.autoClose = options.autoDestroy;
   this.pos = undefined;
   this.bytesRead = 0;
   this.closed = false;
@@ -104,23 +109,16 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
 
   if (typeof this.fd !== 'number')
     this.open();
-
-  this.on('end', function() {
-    if (this.autoClose) {
-      this.destroy();
-    }
-  });
 }
 Object.setPrototypeOf(ReadStream.prototype, Readable.prototype);
 Object.setPrototypeOf(ReadStream, Readable);
 
 ReadStream.prototype.open = function() {
   fs.open(this.path, this.flags, this.mode, (er, fd) => {
+    this[kPending] = false;
+
     if (er) {
-      if (this.autoClose) {
-        this.destroy();
-      }
-      this.emit('error', er);
+      errorOrDestroy(this, er);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -167,10 +165,7 @@ ReadStream.prototype._read = function(n) {
   // the actual read.
   fs.read(this.fd, pool, pool.used, toRead, this.pos, (er, bytesRead) => {
     if (er) {
-      if (this.autoClose) {
-        this.destroy();
-      }
-      this.emit('error', er);
+      errorOrDestroy(this, er);
     } else {
       let b = null;
       // Now that we know how much data we have actually read, re-wind the
@@ -206,8 +201,13 @@ ReadStream.prototype._read = function(n) {
 };
 
 ReadStream.prototype._destroy = function(err, cb) {
-  if (typeof this.fd !== 'number') {
-    this.once('open', closeFsStream.bind(null, this, cb, err));
+  if (this[kPending]) {
+    this.once('open', this._destroy.bind(this, err, cb));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!this.fd) {
+    cb(err);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ function WriteStream(path, options) {
   // For backwards compat do not emit close on destroy.
   options.emitClose = false;
 
+  options.autoDestroy = options.autoClose == null ? true : options.autoClose;
+
   Writable.call(this, options);
 
   // Path will be ignored when fd is specified, so it can be falsy
@@ -250,9 +252,10 @@ function WriteStream(path, options) {
   this.fd = options.fd === undefined ? null : options.fd;
   this.flags = options.flags === undefined ? 'w' : options.flags;
   this.mode = options.mode === undefined ? 0o666 : options.mode;
+  this[kPending] = !this.fd;
 
   this.start = options.start;
-  this.autoClose = options.autoClose === undefined ? true : !!options.autoClose;
+  this.autoClose = options.autoDestroy;
   this.pos = undefined;
   this.bytesWritten = 0;
   this.closed = false;
@@ -274,19 +277,18 @@ Object.setPrototypeOf(WriteStream, Writable);
 
 WriteStream.prototype._final = function(callback) {
   if (this.autoClose) {
-    this.destroy();
+    this._destroy(null, callback);
+  } else {
+    callback();
   }
-
-  callback();
 };
 
 WriteStream.prototype.open = function() {
   fs.open(this.path, this.flags, this.mode, (er, fd) => {
+    this[kPending] = false;
+
     if (er) {
-      if (this.autoClose) {
-        this.destroy();
-      }
-      this.emit('error', er);
+      errorOrDestroy(this, er);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -296,7 +298,6 @@ WriteStream.prototype.open = function() {
   });
 };
 
-
 WriteStream.prototype._write = function(data, encoding, cb) {
   if (!(data instanceof Buffer)) {
     const err = new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('data', 'Buffer', data);
@@ -311,9 +312,6 @@ WriteStream.prototype._write = function(data, encoding, cb) {
 
   fs.write(this.fd, data, 0, data.length, this.pos, (er, bytes) => {
     if (er) {
-      if (this.autoClose) {
-        this.destroy();
-      }
       return cb(er);
     }
     this.bytesWritten += bytes;
@@ -358,7 +356,6 @@ WriteStream.prototype._writev = function(data, cb) {
 
   writev(this.fd, chunks, this.pos, function(er, bytes) {
     if (er) {
-      self.destroy();
       return cb(er);
     }
     self.bytesWritten += bytes;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js
index d66657d690f1b2..4ba0eecbee62c4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ file
     callbacks.open++;
     assert.strictEqual(typeof fd, 'number');
   })
-  .on('error', function(err) {
-    throw err;
-  })
   .on('drain', function() {
     console.error('drain!', callbacks.drain);
     callbacks.drain++;
@@ -65,17 +62,16 @@ file
     assert.strictEqual(file.bytesWritten, EXPECTED.length * 2);
 
     callbacks.close++;
-    common.expectsError(
-      () => {
-        console.error('write after end should not be allowed');
-        file.write('should not work anymore');
-      },
-      {
-        code: 'ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END',
-        type: Error,
-        message: 'write after end'
-      }
-    );
+    file.on('error', common.expectsError({
+      code: 'ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END',
+      type: Error,
+      message: 'write after end'
+    }));
+    file.write('should not work anymore', common.expectsError({
+      code: 'ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END',
+      type: Error,
+      message: 'write after end'
+    }));
 
     fs.unlinkSync(fn);
   });