diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index b804336bcf6193..da1ff5036932ae 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ function read(fd, buffer, offset, length, position, callback) {
 
   validateOffsetLengthRead(offset, length, buffer.length);
 
-  if (!isUint32(position))
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(position))
     position = -1;
 
   function wrapper(err, bytesRead) {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ function readSync(fd, buffer, offset, length, position) {
 
   validateOffsetLengthRead(offset, length, buffer.length);
 
-  if (!isUint32(position))
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(position))
     position = -1;
 
   const ctx = {};
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read.js
index f69937b3be5174..864876537c22c6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read.js
@@ -53,3 +53,18 @@ test(Buffer.allocUnsafe(expected.length),
 test(new Uint8Array(expected.length),
      new Uint8Array(expected.length),
      Uint8Array.from(expected));
+
+{
+  // 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 fd = fs.openSync(filepath, 'r');
+  const pos = 0xffffffff + 1; // max-uint32 + 1
+  const nRead = fs.readSync(fd, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, pos);
+  assert.strictEqual(nRead, 0);
+
+  fs.read(fd, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, pos, common.mustCall((err, nRead) => {
+    assert.ifError(err);
+    assert.strictEqual(nRead, 0);
+  }));
+}