diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index 09cc5590fad4fc..0a82d50c12cb9d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function constructNT(stream) {
     } else if (err) {
       errorOrDestroy(stream, err, true);
     } else {
-      process.nextTick(emitConstructNT, stream);
+      emitConstructNT(stream);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream2-transform.js b/test/parallel/test-stream2-transform.js
index 849cfb3538b306..3259446590e3b1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream2-transform.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream2-transform.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const { PassThrough, Transform } = require('stream');
+const { Readable } = require('node:stream');
 
 {
   // Verify writable side consumption
@@ -468,3 +469,57 @@ const { PassThrough, Transform } = require('stream');
     assert.strictEqual(ended, true);
   }));
 }
+
+{
+  const createInnerTransform = () => new Transform({
+    objectMode: true,
+
+    construct(callback) {
+      this.push('header from constructor');
+      callback();
+    },
+
+    transform: (row, encoding, callback) => {
+      callback(null, 'transform | ' + row);
+    },
+  });
+
+  const createOuterTransform = () => {
+    let innerTransform;
+
+    return new Transform({
+      objectMode: true,
+
+      transform(row, encoding, callback) {
+        if (!innerTransform) {
+          innerTransform = createInnerTransform();
+          innerTransform.on('data', (data) => {
+            this.push(data);
+          });
+
+          callback();
+        } else if (innerTransform.write('outer | ' + row)) {
+          process.nextTick(callback);
+        } else {
+          innerTransform.once('drain', callback);
+        }
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
+  Readable.from([
+    'create InnerTransform',
+    'firstLine',
+    'secondLine',
+  ])
+      .compose(createOuterTransform())
+    .toArray().then(
+      common.mustCall((value) => {
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(value, [
+          'header from constructor',
+          'transform | outer | firstLine',
+          'transform | outer | secondLine',
+        ]);
+      }),
+    );
+}