diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index a7b56ee86171e3..778eed95db6c7d 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -574,8 +574,12 @@ function openAsBlob(path, options = kEmptyObject) {
   // The underlying implementation here returns the Blob synchronously for now.
   // To give ourselves flexibility to maybe return the Blob asynchronously,
   // this API returns a Promise.
-  path = getValidatedPath(path);
-  return PromiseResolve(createBlobFromFilePath(path, { type }));
+  try {
+    path = getValidatedPath(path);
+    return PromiseResolve(createBlobFromFilePath(path, { type }));
+  } catch (error) {
+    return Promise.reject(error);
+  }
 }
 
 /**