diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index e8623bfb2d2eeb..2e92ce188850a7 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ const {
   },
   hideStackFrames
 } = require('internal/errors');
-const { validateNumber,
+const { validateInteger,
+        validateNumber,
         validateString,
         validateUint32,
         isUint32,
@@ -2093,9 +2094,8 @@ class Http2Stream extends Duplex {
   // close, it is still possible to queue up PRIORITY and RST_STREAM frames,
   // but no DATA and HEADERS frames may be sent.
   close(code = NGHTTP2_NO_ERROR, callback) {
-    validateNumber(code, 'code');
-    if (code < 0 || code > kMaxInt)
-      throw new ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE('code', `>= 0 && <= ${kMaxInt}`, code);
+    validateInteger(code, 'code', 0, kMaxInt);
+
     if (callback !== undefined && typeof callback !== 'function')
       throw new ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK(callback);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-invalidargtypes-errors.js b/test/parallel/test-http2-invalidargtypes-errors.js
index 2230ba1d1f30e4..5f126b060a9f49 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http2-invalidargtypes-errors.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http2-invalidargtypes-errors.js
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@ server.on('stream', common.mustCall((stream) => {
                "Received type string ('string')"
     }
   );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => stream.close(1.01),
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
+      name: 'RangeError',
+      message: 'The value of "code" is out of range. It must be an integer. ' +
+               'Received 1.01'
+    }
+  );
+  [-1, 2 ** 32].forEach((code) => {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => stream.close(code),
+      {
+        code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
+        name: 'RangeError',
+        message: 'The value of "code" is out of range. ' +
+                 'It must be >= 0 && <= 4294967295. ' +
+                 `Received ${code}`
+      }
+    );
+  });
   stream.respond();
   stream.end('ok');
 }));