diff --git a/ext/web/08_text_encoding.js b/ext/web/08_text_encoding.js
index 86ac5ab3c0..282618da30 100644
--- a/ext/web/08_text_encoding.js
+++ b/ext/web/08_text_encoding.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
           stream: options.stream,
         });
       } finally {
-        if (!options.stream && this.#rid) {
+        if (!options.stream && this.#rid !== null) {
           core.close(this.#rid);
           this.#rid = null;
         }