diff --git a/lib/internal/webstreams/encoding.js b/lib/internal/webstreams/encoding.js
index 9cfea36989a228..f316222ccbf0e8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/webstreams/encoding.js
+++ b/lib/internal/webstreams/encoding.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const { customInspect } = require('internal/webstreams/util');
 
 const {
   codes: {
+    ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
     ERR_INVALID_THIS,
   },
 } = require('internal/errors');
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ class TextDecoderStream {
     this.#transform = new TransformStream({
       transform: (chunk, controller) => {
         if (chunk === undefined) {
-          throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('TextDecoderStream');
+          throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('chunk', 'string', chunk);
         }
         const value = this.#handle.decode(chunk, { stream: true });
         if (value)