nodejs
diff --git a/‎lib/internal/crypto/keys.js‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎lib/internal/crypto/keys.js‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎test/parallel/test-crypto-key-objects.js‎
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@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function parsePrivateKeyEncoding(enc, keyType, objName) {
 
 function getKeyObjectHandle(key, isPublic, allowKeyObject) {
   if (!allowKeyObject) {
-    return new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
       'key',
       ['string', 'Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
       key
 
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ const privatePem = fixtures.readSync('test_rsa_privkey.pem', 'ascii');
   assert(plaintext.equals(deciphered));
 }
 
+{
+  // Passing an existing key object should throw.
+  const publicKey = createPublicKey(publicPem);
+  common.expectsError(() => createPublicKey(publicKey), {
+    type: TypeError,
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+    message: 'The "key" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
+             'TypedArray, or DataView. Received type object'
+  });
+}
+
 {
   const publicKey = createPublicKey(publicPem);
   assert.strictEqual(publicKey.type, 'public');