diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index a24b5b556e1a5e..1f63779a6e4efd 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const {
   converters,
+  convertToInt,
   createInterfaceConverter,
   createSequenceConverter,
 } = require('internal/webidl');
 
 const {
   validateObject,
-  validateUint32,
   kValidateObjectAllowObjects,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class AbortSignal extends EventTarget {
    * @returns {AbortSignal}
    */
   static timeout(delay) {
-    validateUint32(delay, 'delay', false);
+    delay = convertToInt('delay', delay, 64, { __proto__: null, enforceRange: true });
     const signal = new AbortSignal(kDontThrowSymbol);
     signal[kTimeout] = true;
     clearTimeoutRegistry.register(
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
index 948bd208cd2b90..ad407cbcef976f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
@@ -225,6 +225,16 @@ test('AbortSignal with a timeout is not collected while there is an active liste
   assert.strictEqual(ref.deref(), undefined);
 });
 
+test('AbortSignal.timeout() correctly validates delay argument', () => {
+  for (const value of [0, -0, -0.9, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER]) {
+    AbortSignal.timeout(value);
+  }
+
+  for (const value of [-1, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1, Number.NaN]) {
+    assert.throws(() => AbortSignal.timeout(value), { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE' });
+  }
+});
+
 test('Setting a long timeout should not keep the process open', () => {
   AbortSignal.timeout(1_200_000);
 });