diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index bdc263d6ef2..ffdb81a16ee 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function ReadableState(options, stream) {
   this.needReadable = false;
   this.emittedReadable = false;
   this.readableListening = false;
+  this.resumeScheduled = false;
 
   // Crypto is kind of old and crusty.  Historically, its default string
   // encoding is 'binary' so we have to make this configurable.