diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 0aa26ba2f97daa..6cae7d1a21ff8d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ async function readdir(path, options) {
   path = toPathIfFileURL(path);
   validatePath(path);
   const result = await binding.readdir(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path),
-                                       options.encoding, !!options.withTypes,
+                                       options.encoding,
+                                       !!options.withFileTypes,
                                        kUsePromises);
   return options.withFileTypes ?
     getDirectoryEntriesPromise(path, result) :
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-types.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-types.js
index 75452895cc178e..0faaeb00dadeb1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-types.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-types.js
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ fs.readdir(readdirDir, {
   assertDirents(dirents);
 }));
 
+// Check the promisified version
+assert.doesNotReject(async () => {
+  const dirents = await fs.promises.readdir(readdirDir, {
+    withFileTypes: true
+  });
+  assertDirents(dirents);
+});
+
 // Check for correct types when the binding returns unknowns
 const UNKNOWN = constants.UV_DIRENT_UNKNOWN;
 const oldReaddir = binding.readdir;