diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index e30865f3757371..7f85ae5d55aa77 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
   }
 
   if (!(history instanceof Array)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE.RangeError('history', history);
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('history', history);
   }
 
   if (historySize === undefined) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
index eb330e37be9861..543273dba94390 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
       history: 'not an array'
     });
   }, {
-    name: 'RangeError',
-    code: 'ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE'
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
   });
 
   assert.throws(() => {
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
       history: 123
     });
   }, {
-    name: 'RangeError',
-    code: 'ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE'
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
   });
 
   assert.throws(() => {
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
       history: {}
     });
   }, {
-    name: 'RangeError',
-    code: 'ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE'
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
   });
 
   assert.throws(() => {
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
       history: true
     });
   }, {
-    name: 'RangeError',
-    code: 'ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE'
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
   });
 
   // Constructor throws if historySize is not a positive number