diff --git a/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js b/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js
index 0df8f7aa7f6f35..0061beab8435be 100644
--- a/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ class ReadableStream {
         this,
         source,
         extractHighWaterMark(highWaterMark, 0));
-      return;
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-constructor-return
+      return makeTransferable(this);
     }
 
     if (type !== undefined)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-webstream-byte-readable-clone.js b/test/parallel/test-webstream-byte-readable-clone.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..debe25923c3382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-webstream-byte-readable-clone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+{
+  // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46296
+  const stream = new ReadableStream({
+    start(controller) {
+      controller.close();
+    },
+    type: 'bytes',
+  });
+
+  const clone = structuredClone(stream, { transfer: [stream] });
+
+  assert(clone instanceof ReadableStream);
+}