diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index 6487de2e9efa08..679999c0f2248f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ util.inherits(ChildProcess, EventEmitter);
 function flushStdio(subprocess) {
   if (subprocess.stdio == null) return;
   subprocess.stdio.forEach(function(stream, fd, stdio) {
-    if (!stream || !stream.readable)
+    if (!stream || !stream.readable || stream._readableState.readableListening)
       return;
     stream.resume();
   });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-flush-stdio.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-flush-stdio.js
index 5fd7eb3bc99922..dacc1226f30d03 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-flush-stdio.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-flush-stdio.js
@@ -8,10 +8,22 @@ const p = cp.spawn('echo');
 p.on('close', common.mustCall(function(code, signal) {
   assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
   assert.strictEqual(signal, null);
+  spawnWithReadable();
 }));
 
 p.stdout.read();
 
-setTimeout(function() {
-  p.kill();
-}, 100);
+function spawnWithReadable() {
+  const buffer = [];
+  const p = cp.spawn('echo', ['123']);
+  p.on('close', common.mustCall(function(code, signal) {
+    assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+    assert.strictEqual(signal, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(Buffer.concat(buffer).toString().trim(), '123');
+  }));
+  p.stdout.on('readable', function() {
+    let buf;
+    while (buf = this.read())
+      buffer.push(buf);
+  });
+}