diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/recursive_watch.js b/lib/internal/fs/recursive_watch.js
index 38c0505797c3ad..29d8c23fdfbe31 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/recursive_watch.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/recursive_watch.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class FSWatcher extends EventEmitter {
     if (encoding != null) {
       // This is required since on macOS and Windows it throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE
       if (typeof encoding !== 'string') {
-        throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(encoding, 'options.encoding');
+        throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('options.encoding', encoding);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index 53644740144570..fc9a390f812a5e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function lazyLoadFs() {
 function assertEncoding(encoding) {
   if (encoding && !Buffer.isEncoding(encoding)) {
     const reason = 'is invalid encoding';
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(encoding, 'encoding', reason);
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('encoding', encoding, reason);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/watchers.js b/lib/internal/fs/watchers.js
index 411eab8136d595..d1d8bcf372631f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/watchers.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/watchers.js
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ async function* watch(filename, options = kEmptyObject) {
 
   if (encoding && !isEncoding(encoding)) {
     const reason = 'is invalid encoding';
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(encoding, 'encoding', reason);
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('encoding', encoding, reason);
   }
 
   if (signal?.aborted)
diff --git a/lib/internal/quic/quic.js b/lib/internal/quic/quic.js
index afe057de5bd951..5b96dbc80be92c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/quic/quic.js
+++ b/lib/internal/quic/quic.js
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ function processSessionOptions(options, forServer = false) {
   if (cc !== undefined) {
     validateString(cc, 'options.cc');
     if (cc !== 'reno' || cc !== 'bbr' || cc !== 'cubic') {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(cc, 'options.cc');
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('options.cc', cc);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/webstreams/adapters.js b/lib/internal/webstreams/adapters.js
index 4e99d56aa4be7e..662eba6fbdf409 100644
--- a/lib/internal/webstreams/adapters.js
+++ b/lib/internal/webstreams/adapters.js
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ function newStreamReadableFromReadableStream(readableStream, options = kEmptyObj
   } = options;
 
   if (encoding !== undefined && !Buffer.isEncoding(encoding))
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(encoding, 'options.encoding');
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('options.encoding', encoding);
   validateBoolean(objectMode, 'options.objectMode');
 
   const reader = readableStream.getReader();
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ function newStreamDuplexFromReadableWritablePair(pair = kEmptyObject, options =
 
   validateBoolean(objectMode, 'options.objectMode');
   if (encoding !== undefined && !Buffer.isEncoding(encoding))
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(encoding, 'options.encoding');
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('options.encoding', encoding);
 
   const writer = writableStream.getWriter();
   const reader = readableStream.getReader();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-internal-assertencoding.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-internal-assertencoding.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ea88517b908861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-internal-assertencoding.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Tests to verify that a correctly formatted invalid encoding error
+// is thrown. Originally the internal assertEncoding utility was
+// reversing the arguments when constructing the ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE
+// error.
+
+require('../common');
+const { opendirSync } = require('node:fs');
+const { throws } = require('node:assert');
+
+throws(() => opendirSync('.', { encoding: 'no' }), {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
+  message: 'The argument \'encoding\' is invalid encoding. Received \'no\'',
+});