diff --git a/test/test-tty.c b/test/test-tty.c
index 688711e5..0c6548f9 100644
--- a/test/test-tty.c
+++ b/test/test-tty.c
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ TEST_IMPL(tty_file) {
   if (fd != -1) {
     ASSERT(UV_EINVAL == uv_tty_init(&loop, &tty, fd, 1));
     ASSERT(0 == close(fd));
+    /* test EBADF handling */
+    ASSERT(UV_EINVAL == uv_tty_init(&loop, &tty, fd, 1));
   }
 
 /* Bug on AIX where '/dev/random' returns 1 from isatty() */