diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
index 6447e5e580bddc..57afb06d1467ad 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function close(stream, err, cb) {
 
 function importFd(stream, options) {
   stream.fd = null;
-  if (options.fd) {
+  if (options.fd != null) {
     if (typeof options.fd === 'number') {
       // When fd is a raw descriptor, we must keep our fingers crossed
       // that the descriptor won't get closed, or worse, replaced with