diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index 28802cae5eff32..cd62723d2d5382 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const {
   kAutoDestroy,
   kErrored,
 } = require('internal/streams/utils');
+const { queueMicrotask } = require('internal/process/task_queues');
 
 const kDestroy = Symbol('kDestroy');
 const kConstruct = Symbol('kConstruct');
@@ -112,9 +113,13 @@ function _destroy(self, err, cb) {
     }
 
     if (err) {
-      process.nextTick(emitErrorCloseNT, self, err);
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        emitErrorCloseNT(self, err);
+      });
     } else {
-      process.nextTick(emitCloseNT, self);
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        emitCloseNT(self);
+      });
     }
   }
   try {
@@ -233,7 +238,9 @@ function errorOrDestroy(stream, err, sync) {
       r.errored = err;
     }
     if (sync) {
-      process.nextTick(emitErrorNT, stream, err);
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        emitErrorNT(stream, err);
+      });
     } else {
       emitErrorNT(stream, err);
     }
@@ -262,7 +269,9 @@ function construct(stream, cb) {
     return;
   }
 
-  process.nextTick(constructNT, stream);
+  queueMicrotask(() => {
+    constructNT(stream);
+  });
 }
 
 function constructNT(stream) {
@@ -291,16 +300,22 @@ function constructNT(stream) {
     } else if (err) {
       errorOrDestroy(stream, err, true);
     } else {
-      process.nextTick(emitConstructNT, stream);
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        emitConstructNT(stream);
+      });
     }
   }
 
   try {
     stream._construct((err) => {
-      process.nextTick(onConstruct, err);
+      queueMicrotask(() =>{
+        onConstruct(err);
+      });
     });
   } catch (err) {
-    process.nextTick(onConstruct, err);
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      onConstruct(err);
+    });
   }
 }
 
@@ -318,11 +333,14 @@ function emitCloseLegacy(stream) {
 
 function emitErrorCloseLegacy(stream, err) {
   stream.emit('error', err);
-  process.nextTick(emitCloseLegacy, stream);
+  queueMicrotask(() => {
+    emitCloseLegacy(stream);
+  });
 }
 
 // Normalize destroy for legacy.
 function destroyer(stream, err) {
+  process._rawDebug("### 0")
   if (!stream || isDestroyed(stream)) {
     return;
   }
@@ -345,9 +363,13 @@ function destroyer(stream, err) {
     // TODO: Don't lose err?
     stream.close();
   } else if (err) {
-    process.nextTick(emitErrorCloseLegacy, stream, err);
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      emitErrorCloseLegacy(stream, err);
+    });
   } else {
-    process.nextTick(emitCloseLegacy, stream);
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      emitCloseLegacy(stream);
+    });
   }
 
   if (!stream.destroyed) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-destroy.js
index 5269ccfec50271..2e12539c2208ca 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-destroy.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-destroy.js
@@ -118,3 +118,23 @@ const http = require('http');
     req.end('asd');
   });
 }
+
+{
+  // Destroy timing relative to Promise
+
+  new Promise(resolve => {
+    const r = new Readable({ read() {} });
+    destroy(r, new Error('asd'));
+    resolve(r);
+  }).then(common.mustCall(r => {
+    r.on('error', common.mustCall());
+  }));
+
+  new Promise(resolve => {
+    const r = new Readable({ read() {} });
+    r.destroy(new Error('asd'));
+    resolve(r);
+  }).then(common.mustCall(r => {
+    r.on('error', common.mustCall());
+  }));
+}