diff --git a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
index 5de6a8fe03da13..dacddaa39d65b8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const {
 const {
   validateAbortSignal,
   validateArray,
+  validateNumber,
   validateString,
   validateUint32,
 } = require('internal/validators');
@@ -199,13 +200,7 @@ function InterfaceConstructor(input, output, completer, terminal) {
     historySize = kHistorySize;
   }
 
-  if (
-    typeof historySize !== 'number' ||
-      NumberIsNaN(historySize) ||
-      historySize < 0
-  ) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE.RangeError('historySize', historySize);
-  }
+  validateNumber(historySize, 'historySize', 0);
 
   // Backwards compat; check the isTTY prop of the output stream
   //  when `terminal` was not specified
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
index b5a3b0499fcdbd..707c651a244d04 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
   });
 
   // Constructor throws if historySize is not a positive number
-  ['not a number', -1, NaN, {}, true, Symbol(), null].forEach((historySize) => {
+  [-1, NaN].forEach((historySize) => {
     assert.throws(() => {
       readline.createInterface({
         input,
@@ -134,7 +134,20 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
       });
     }, {
       name: 'RangeError',
-      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
+      code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE'
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Constructor throws if type of historySize is not a number
+  ['not a number', {}, true, Symbol(), null].forEach((historySize) => {
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      readline.createInterface({
+        input,
+        historySize,
+      });
+    }, {
+      name: 'TypeError',
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
index 2a211025cdb27b..99e02462312b9a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
   });
 
   // Constructor throws if historySize is not a positive number
-  ['not a number', -1, NaN, {}, true, Symbol(), null].forEach((historySize) => {
+  [-1, NaN].forEach((historySize) => {
     assert.throws(() => {
       readline.createInterface({
         input,
@@ -111,7 +111,20 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
       });
     }, {
       name: 'RangeError',
-      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
+      code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE'
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Constructor throws if type of historySize is not a number
+  ['not a number', {}, true, Symbol(), null].forEach((historySize) => {
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      readline.createInterface({
+        input,
+        historySize,
+      });
+    }, {
+      name: 'TypeError',
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
     });
   });