diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index d0125386c8ae8e..7dc2e5346afad9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -853,8 +853,7 @@ function pipeOnDrain(src, dest) {
 
     if ((!state.awaitDrainWriters || state.awaitDrainWriters.size === 0) &&
       EE.listenerCount(src, 'data')) {
-      state.flowing = true;
-      flow(src);
+      src.resume();
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-pause-and-resume.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-pause-and-resume.js
index 294ef2c35d4608..f28112da10e1bb 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-pause-and-resume.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-pause-and-resume.js
@@ -56,3 +56,20 @@ function readAndPause() {
     assert(readable.isPaused());
   });
 }
+
+{
+  const { PassThrough } = require('stream');
+
+  const source3 = new PassThrough();
+  const target3 = new PassThrough();
+
+  const chunk = Buffer.allocUnsafe(1000);
+  let chunks = 1;
+  while (target3.write(chunk)) chunks++;
+
+  source3.pipe(target3);
+  target3.on('drain', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert(!source3.isPaused());
+  }));
+  target3.on('data', () => {});
+}