diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/utils.js b/lib/internal/streams/utils.js
index b6e744250799c6..62eea022685e18 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/utils.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function isStream(obj) {
 }
 
 function isIterable(obj, isAsync) {
-  if (!obj) return false;
+  if (obj == null) return false;
   if (isAsync === true) return typeof obj[SymbolAsyncIterator] === 'function';
   if (isAsync === false) return typeof obj[SymbolIterator] === 'function';
   return typeof obj[SymbolAsyncIterator] === 'function' ||
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline-with-empty-string.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline-with-empty-string.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8818f38e8596f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline-with-empty-string.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const {
+  pipeline,
+  PassThrough
+} = require('stream');
+
+
+async function runTest() {
+  await pipeline(
+    '',
+    new PassThrough({ objectMode: true }),
+    common.mustCall(() => { })
+  );
+}
+
+runTest().then(common.mustCall(() => {}));