diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index 6f396fac6c..cd5313d65c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ util.inherits(ChildProcess, EventEmitter);
 function flushStdio(subprocess) {
   if (subprocess.stdio == null) return;
   subprocess.stdio.forEach(function(stream, fd, stdio) {
-    if (!stream || !stream.readable || stream._consuming)
+    if (!stream || !stream.readable)
       return;
     stream.resume();
   });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-flush-stdio.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-flush-stdio.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fd7eb3bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-flush-stdio.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+'use strict';
+const cp = require('child_process');
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const p = cp.spawn('echo');
+
+p.on('close', common.mustCall(function(code, signal) {
+  assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(signal, null);
+}));
+
+p.stdout.read();
+
+setTimeout(function() {
+  p.kill();
+}, 100);