diff --git a/lib/tty.js b/lib/tty.js
index 33e7c26f0291ed..3796c99cba62a4 100644
--- a/lib/tty.js
+++ b/lib/tty.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ObjectSetPrototypeOf(ReadStream, net.Socket);
 
 ReadStream.prototype.setRawMode = function(flag) {
   flag = !!flag;
-  const err = this._handle.setRawMode(flag);
+  const err = this._handle?.setRawMode(flag);
   if (err) {
     this.emit('error', errors.errnoException(err, 'setRawMode'));
     return this;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-stdin-push-null.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-stdin-push-null.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..53ba9ff7c33166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-stdin-push-null.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
+  common.skip('does not apply on non-TTY stdin');
+}
+
+process.stdin.destroy();
+process.stdin.setRawMode(true);