diff --git a/src/node_process_methods.cc b/src/node_process_methods.cc
index 1c695be2d5fa..af54f2af53aa 100644
--- a/src/node_process_methods.cc
+++ b/src/node_process_methods.cc
@@ -584,11 +584,15 @@ static void Execve(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   int saved_stdio_flags[3] = {-1, -1, -1};
   for (int fd = 0; fd < 3; fd++) {
     int prev = persist_standard_stream(fd);
-    if (prev < 0) {
+    if (prev < 0 && errno != EBADF) {
       int fcntl_errno = errno;
       // Undo changes already applied to earlier fds before throwing.
       for (int j = 0; j < fd; j++) {
-        fcntl(j, F_SETFD, saved_stdio_flags[j]);
+        if (saved_stdio_flags[j] >= 0 &&
+            fcntl(j, F_SETFD, saved_stdio_flags[j]) < 0) {
+          fcntl_errno = errno;
+          break;
+        }
       }
       env->ThrowErrnoException(fcntl_errno, "fcntl");
       return;
@@ -610,7 +614,11 @@ static void Execve(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   // throw an ErrnoException so JS can catch it.
   int execve_errno = errno;
   for (int fd = 0; fd < 3; fd++) {
-    fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, saved_stdio_flags[fd]);
+    if (saved_stdio_flags[fd] >= 0 &&
+        fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, saved_stdio_flags[fd]) < 0) {
+      env->ThrowErrnoException(errno, "fcntl");
+      return;
+    }
   }
   env->ThrowErrnoException(execve_errno, "execve", nullptr, *executable);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-execve-closed-stdio.js b/test/parallel/test-process-execve-closed-stdio.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69c128de6625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-execve-closed-stdio.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+const { closeSync } = require('fs');
+const { isMainThread } = require('worker_threads');
+
+if (!isMainThread) {
+  common.skip('process.execve is not available in Workers');
+} else if (common.isWindows || common.isIBMi) {
+  common.skip('process.execve is not available in Windows or IBM i');
+}
+
+if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
+  closeSync(Number(process.argv[3]));
+  process.execve(
+    process.execPath,
+    [process.execPath, '-e', ''],
+    process.env,
+  );
+  assert.fail('process.execve failed');
+}
+
+for (let fd = 0; fd < 3; fd++) {
+  const child = spawnSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    [__filename, 'child', String(fd)],
+  );
+  assert.ifError(child.error);
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    child.status,
+    0,
+    `process.execve failed with fd ${fd} closed: ${child.stderr}`,
+  );
+}