diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index f5f489577854ac..623973ff316453 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -33,16 +33,13 @@ const {
   isIterable,
   isReadableNodeStream,
   isNodeStream,
-  isReadableFinished,
 } = require('internal/streams/utils');
 const { AbortController } = require('internal/abort_controller');
 
 let PassThrough;
 let Readable;
 
-function destroyer(stream, reading, writing, callback) {
-  callback = once(callback);
-
+function destroyer(stream, reading, writing) {
   let finished = false;
   stream.on('close', () => {
     finished = true;
@@ -50,35 +47,12 @@ function destroyer(stream, reading, writing, callback) {
 
   eos(stream, { readable: reading, writable: writing }, (err) => {
     finished = !err;
-
-    const rState = stream._readableState;
-    if (
-      err &&
-      err.code === 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE' &&
-      reading &&
-      (rState && rState.ended && !rState.errored && !rState.errorEmitted)
-    ) {
-      // Some readable streams will emit 'close' before 'end'. However, since
-      // this is on the readable side 'end' should still be emitted if the
-      // stream has been ended and no error emitted. This should be allowed in
-      // favor of backwards compatibility. Since the stream is piped to a
-      // destination this should not result in any observable difference.
-      // We don't need to check if this is a writable premature close since
-      // eos will only fail with premature close on the reading side for
-      // duplex streams.
-      stream
-        .once('end', callback)
-        .once('error', callback);
-    } else {
-      callback(err);
-    }
   });
 
   return (err) => {
     if (finished) return;
     finished = true;
-    destroyImpl.destroyer(stream, err);
-    callback(err || new ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED('pipe'));
+    destroyImpl.destroyer(stream, err || new ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED('pipe'));
   };
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +83,7 @@ async function* fromReadable(val) {
   yield* Readable.prototype[SymbolAsyncIterator].call(val);
 }
 
-async function pump(iterable, writable, finish, opts) {
+async function pump(iterable, writable, finish, { end }) {
   let error;
   let onresolve = null;
 
@@ -153,7 +127,7 @@ async function pump(iterable, writable, finish, opts) {
       }
     }
 
-    if (opts?.end !== false) {
+    if (end) {
       writable.end();
     }
 
@@ -220,7 +194,7 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
     ac.abort();
 
     if (final) {
-      callback(error, value);
+      process.nextTick(callback, error, value);
     }
   }
 
@@ -233,18 +207,19 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
 
     if (isNodeStream(stream)) {
       if (end) {
-        finishCount++;
-        destroys.push(destroyer(stream, reading, writing, (err) => {
-          if (!err && !reading && isReadableFinished(stream, false)) {
-            stream.read(0);
-            destroyer(stream, true, writing, finish);
-          } else {
-            finish(err);
-          }
-        }));
-      } else {
-        stream.on('error', finish);
+        destroys.push(destroyer(stream, reading, writing));
       }
+
+      // Catch stream errors that occur after pipe/pump has completed.
+      stream.on('error', (err) => {
+        if (
+          err &&
+          err.name !== 'AbortError' &&
+          err.code !== 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE'
+        ) {
+          finish(err);
+        }
+      });
     }
 
     if (i === 0) {
@@ -286,6 +261,7 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
         // second use.
         const then = ret?.then;
         if (typeof then === 'function') {
+          finishCount++;
           then.call(ret,
                     (val) => {
                       value = val;
@@ -293,8 +269,10 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
                       if (end) {
                         pt.end();
                       }
+                      process.nextTick(finish);
                     }, (err) => {
                       pt.destroy(err);
+                      process.nextTick(finish, err);
                     },
           );
         } else if (isIterable(ret, true)) {
@@ -307,24 +285,18 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
 
         ret = pt;
 
-        finishCount++;
-        destroys.push(destroyer(ret, false, true, finish));
+        destroys.push(destroyer(ret, false, true));
       }
     } else if (isNodeStream(stream)) {
       if (isReadableNodeStream(ret)) {
-        ret.pipe(stream, { end });
-
-        // Compat. Before node v10.12.0 stdio used to throw an error so
-        // pipe() did/does not end() stdio destinations.
-        // Now they allow it but "secretly" don't close the underlying fd.
-        if (stream === process.stdout || stream === process.stderr) {
-          ret.on('end', () => stream.end());
-        }
-      } else {
-        ret = makeAsyncIterable(ret);
-
+        finishCount += 2;
+        pipe(ret, stream, finish, { end });
+      } else if (isIterable(ret)) {
         finishCount++;
         pump(ret, stream, finish, { end });
+      } else {
+        throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+          'val', ['Readable', 'Iterable', 'AsyncIterable'], ret);
       }
       ret = stream;
     } else {
@@ -339,4 +311,41 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
   return ret;
 }
 
+function pipe(src, dst, finish, { end }) {
+  src.pipe(dst, { end });
+
+  if (end) {
+    // Compat. Before node v10.12.0 stdio used to throw an error so
+    // pipe() did/does not end() stdio destinations.
+    // Now they allow it but "secretly" don't close the underlying fd.
+    src.once('end', () => dst.end());
+  } else {
+    finish();
+  }
+
+  eos(src, { readable: true, writable: false }, (err) => {
+    const rState = src._readableState;
+    if (
+      err &&
+      err.code === 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE' &&
+      (rState && rState.ended && !rState.errored && !rState.errorEmitted)
+    ) {
+      // Some readable streams will emit 'close' before 'end'. However, since
+      // this is on the readable side 'end' should still be emitted if the
+      // stream has been ended and no error emitted. This should be allowed in
+      // favor of backwards compatibility. Since the stream is piped to a
+      // destination this should not result in any observable difference.
+      // We don't need to check if this is a writable premature close since
+      // eos will only fail with premature close on the reading side for
+      // duplex streams.
+      src
+        .once('end', finish)
+        .once('error', finish);
+    } else {
+      finish(err);
+    }
+  });
+  eos(dst, { readable: false, writable: true }, finish);
+}
+
 module.exports = { pipelineImpl, pipeline };
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
index ae4e76352f3545..bf1cb84ecda341 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ const tsp = require('timers/promises');
   const src = new PassThrough();
   const dst = new PassThrough();
   pipeline(src, dst, common.mustSucceed(() => {
-    assert.strictEqual(dst.destroyed, true);
+    assert.strictEqual(dst.destroyed, false);
   }));
   src.end();
 }
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ const tsp = require('timers/promises');
 
     await pipelinePromise(read, duplex);
 
-    assert.strictEqual(duplex.destroyed, true);
+    assert.strictEqual(duplex.destroyed, false);
   }
 
   run().then(common.mustCall());
@@ -1488,3 +1488,27 @@ const tsp = require('timers/promises');
 
   run().then(common.mustCall());
 }
+
+{
+  const s = new PassThrough({ objectMode: true });
+  pipeline(async function*() {
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    yield 'hello';
+    yield 'world';
+    yield 'world';
+  }, s, async function(source) {
+    let ret = '';
+    let n = 0;
+    for await (const chunk of source) {
+      if (n++ > 1) {
+        break;
+      }
+      ret += chunk;
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }, common.mustCall((err, val) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err, undefined);
+    assert.strictEqual(val, 'helloworld');
+    assert.strictEqual(s.destroyed, true);
+  }));
+}