diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index cc559a898dc4ea..7168b7875498c5 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ const {
 const {
   isUint32,
   validateInteger,
-  validateInt32,
   validateUint32
 } = require('internal/validators');
 
@@ -788,11 +787,7 @@ fs.ftruncate = function(fd, len = 0, callback) {
     len = 0;
   }
   validateUint32(fd, 'fd');
-  // TODO(BridgeAR): This does not seem right.
-  // There does not seem to be any validation before and if there is any, it
-  // should work similar to validateUint32 or not have a upper cap at all.
-  // This applies to all usage of `validateInt32(len, 'len')`.
-  validateInt32(len, 'len');
+  validateInteger(len, 'len');
   len = Math.max(0, len);
   const req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = makeCallback(callback);
@@ -801,7 +796,7 @@ fs.ftruncate = function(fd, len = 0, callback) {
 
 fs.ftruncateSync = function(fd, len = 0) {
   validateUint32(fd, 'fd');
-  validateInt32(len, 'len');
+  validateInteger(len, 'len');
   len = Math.max(0, len);
   const ctx = {};
   binding.ftruncate(fd, len, undefined, ctx);
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 80b30c1a8fa21a..3646a4121c7b3a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const {
   validatePath
 } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const {
-  validateInt32,
+  validateInteger,
   validateUint32
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const pathModule = require('path');
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ async function truncate(path, len = 0) {
 
 async function ftruncate(handle, len = 0) {
   validateFileHandle(handle);
-  validateInt32(len, 'len');
+  validateInteger(len, 'len');
   len = Math.max(0, len);
   return binding.ftruncate(handle.fd, len, kUsePromises);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js
index 347cc0e10492d6..735385f61c5249 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js
@@ -220,17 +220,14 @@ function testFtruncate(cb) {
                   `an integer. Received ${input}`
       }
     );
-  });
 
-  // 2 ** 31 = 2147483648
-  [2147483648, -2147483649].forEach((input) => {
     assert.throws(
       () => fs.ftruncate(fd, input),
       {
         code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
         name: 'RangeError [ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE]',
         message: 'The value of "len" is out of range. It must be ' +
-                  `> -2147483649 && < 2147483648. Received ${input}`
+                  `an integer. Received ${input}`
       }
     );
   });