diff --git a/lib/web/websocket/websocket.js b/lib/web/websocket/websocket.js
index a2abd9c9ab6..5261fbf7caa 100644
--- a/lib/web/websocket/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/web/websocket/websocket.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class WebSocket extends EventTarget {
   #handler = {
     onConnectionEstablished: (response, extensions) => this.#onConnectionEstablished(response, extensions),
     onMessage: (opcode, data) => this.#onMessage(opcode, data),
-    onParserError: (err) => failWebsocketConnection(this.#handler, null, err.message),
+    onParserError: (err) => failWebsocketConnection(this.#handler, 1002, err.message),
     onParserDrain: () => this.#onParserDrain(),
     onSocketData: (chunk) => {
       if (!this.#parser.write(chunk)) {
diff --git a/test/websocket/parser-error-close-code.js b/test/websocket/parser-error-close-code.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e762c39ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/websocket/parser-error-close-code.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+const { WebSocketServer } = require('ws')
+const { WebSocket } = require('../..')
+const { ByteParser } = require('../../lib/web/websocket/receiver')
+
+test('Parser errors close the connection with 1002 (Protocol Error)', async (t) => {
+  const originalWrite = ByteParser.prototype._write
+  ByteParser.prototype._write = function (chunk, enc, cb) {
+    this.emit('error', new Error('simulated parser error'))
+    cb()
+  }
+  t.after(() => {
+    ByteParser.prototype._write = originalWrite
+  })
+
+  const server = new WebSocketServer({ port: 0, host: '127.0.0.1' })
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.on('listening', resolve))
+  t.after(() => server.close())
+
+  const receivedCode = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    server.on('connection', (serverWs) => {
+      serverWs.on('close', (code) => resolve(code))
+      // Trigger the patched parser with any valid frame (a PING).
+      serverWs._socket.write(Buffer.from([0x89, 0x00]))
+    })
+  })
+
+  const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}`)
+  t.after(() => ws.close())
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(await receivedCode, 1002)
+})