diff --git a/lib/internal/encoding.js b/lib/internal/encoding.js
index f9fa43228d5f57..0dec915124bf30 100644
--- a/lib/internal/encoding.js
+++ b/lib/internal/encoding.js
@@ -412,7 +412,13 @@ function makeTextDecoderICU() {
     decode(input = empty, options = kEmptyObject) {
       validateDecoder(this);
       if (isAnyArrayBuffer(input)) {
-        input = lazyBuffer().from(input);
+        try {
+          input = lazyBuffer().from(input);
+        } catch {
+          // If the buffer is detached,
+          // use an empty Uint8Array to avoid TypeError
+          input = empty;
+        }
       } else if (!isArrayBufferView(input)) {
         throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('input',
                                        ['ArrayBuffer', 'ArrayBufferView'],
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-encoding-custom-textdecoder.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-encoding-custom-textdecoder.js
index fe08edc597d3f4..0274a1c4bf7768 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-encoding-custom-textdecoder.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-encoding-custom-textdecoder.js
@@ -206,3 +206,10 @@ if (common.hasIntl) {
   const str = decoder.decode(chunk);
   assert.strictEqual(str, '\ufffd');
 }
+
+{
+  const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(1);
+  new MessageChannel().port1.postMessage(buffer, [buffer]); // buffer is detached
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  assert.strictEqual(decoder.decode(buffer), '');
+}