diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index d4f2446a5976cb..55d7cf997e56a6 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ function ZlibBase(opts, mode, handle, { flush, finishFlush, fullFlush }) {
   this._defaultFlushFlag = flush;
   this._finishFlushFlag = finishFlush;
   this._defaultFullFlushFlag = fullFlush;
+  this._flushBoundIdx = flushBoundIdx;
   this._info = opts?.info;
   this._maxOutputLength = maxOutputLength;
 
@@ -349,6 +350,11 @@ ZlibBase.prototype.flush = function(kind, callback) {
     kind = this._defaultFullFlushFlag;
   }
 
+  kind = checkRangesOrGetDefault(
+    kind, 'kind',
+    FLUSH_BOUND[this._flushBoundIdx][0], FLUSH_BOUND[this._flushBoundIdx][1],
+    this._defaultFullFlushFlag);
+
   if (this.writableFinished) {
     if (callback)
       process.nextTick(callback);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-brotli-flush-invalid-kind.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-brotli-flush-invalid-kind.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..af8a2c67d1d9a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-brotli-flush-invalid-kind.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+'use strict';
+// Regression test for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/63701.
+// Invalid Brotli flush kinds used to spin in native code. flush(kind) should
+// reject invalid kinds before writing the fake flush chunk.
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
+
+const {
+  BROTLI_OPERATION_PROCESS,
+  BROTLI_OPERATION_FLUSH,
+  BROTLI_OPERATION_FINISH,
+  BROTLI_OPERATION_EMIT_METADATA,
+  Z_NO_FLUSH,
+  Z_BLOCK,
+  Z_FINISH,
+  ZSTD_e_continue,
+  ZSTD_e_flush,
+  ZSTD_e_end,
+} = zlib.constants;
+
+const noop = () => {};
+
+const flushKindTestCases = [
+  {
+    factories: [zlib.createGzip],
+    validKinds: [Z_NO_FLUSH, Z_FINISH, Z_BLOCK],
+    invalidKinds: [-1, 6, 100],
+  },
+  {
+    factories: [zlib.createBrotliCompress, zlib.createBrotliDecompress],
+    validKinds: [
+      BROTLI_OPERATION_PROCESS,
+      BROTLI_OPERATION_FLUSH,
+      BROTLI_OPERATION_FINISH,
+      BROTLI_OPERATION_EMIT_METADATA,
+    ],
+    invalidKinds: [-1, Z_FINISH, Z_BLOCK, 6, 100],
+  },
+  {
+    factories: [zlib.createZstdCompress, zlib.createZstdDecompress],
+    validKinds: [ZSTD_e_continue, ZSTD_e_flush, ZSTD_e_end],
+    invalidKinds: [-1, 3, Z_FINISH, Z_BLOCK, 100],
+  },
+];
+
+for (const { factories, validKinds } of flushKindTestCases) {
+  for (const factory of factories) {
+    for (const kind of validKinds) {
+      const stream = factory();
+      stream.on('error', noop);
+      stream.flush(kind);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+for (const { factories, invalidKinds } of flushKindTestCases) {
+  for (const factory of factories) {
+    for (const kind of invalidKinds) {
+      assert.throws(
+        () => factory().flush(kind),
+        { code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', name: 'RangeError' },
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+for (const { factories } of flushKindTestCases) {
+  for (const factory of factories) {
+    for (const kind of ['foobar', null, {}]) {
+      assert.throws(
+        () => factory().flush(kind),
+        { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', name: 'TypeError' },
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+for (const { factories } of flushKindTestCases) {
+  for (const factory of factories) {
+    for (const kind of [undefined, NaN]) {
+      const stream = factory();
+      stream.on('error', noop);
+      stream.flush(kind);
+    }
+
+    const stream = factory();
+    stream.on('error', noop);
+    stream.flush(noop);
+  }
+}