diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 7b6b6d58ae31ef..56f1df576090cf 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ function writev(fd, buffers, position, callback) {
     callback(err, written || 0, buffers);
   }
 
-  validateUint32(fd, 'fd');
+  validateInt32(fd, 'fd', 0);
 
   if (!isBuffersArray(buffers)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('buffers', 'ArrayBufferView[]', buffers);
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(writev, internalUtil.customPromisifyArgs, {
 // fs.writevSync(fd, buffers[, position]);
 function writevSync(fd, buffers, position) {
 
-  validateUint32(fd, 'fd');
+  validateInt32(fd, 'fd', 0);
   const ctx = {};
 
   if (!isBuffersArray(buffers)) {