diff --git a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
index 08f7aaa9e3e7e8..1faff6a727fc07 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ function InterfaceConstructor(input, output, completer, terminal) {
   let crlfDelay;
   let prompt = '> ';
   let signal;
+  let historySize;
+  let history;
+  let removeHistoryDuplicates;
 
   if (input?.input) {
     // An options object was given
@@ -181,9 +184,9 @@ function InterfaceConstructor(input, output, completer, terminal) {
     signal = input.signal;
 
     // It is possible to configure the history through the input object
-    const historySize = input.historySize;
-    const history = input.history;
-    const removeHistoryDuplicates = input.removeHistoryDuplicates;
+    historySize = input.historySize;
+    history = input.history;
+    removeHistoryDuplicates = input.removeHistoryDuplicates;
 
     if (input.tabSize !== undefined) {
       validateUint32(input.tabSize, 'tabSize', true);
@@ -215,8 +218,6 @@ function InterfaceConstructor(input, output, completer, terminal) {
     input.removeHistoryDuplicates = removeHistoryDuplicates;
   }
 
-  this.setupHistoryManager(input);
-
   if (completer !== undefined && typeof completer !== 'function') {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('completer', completer);
   }
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ function InterfaceConstructor(input, output, completer, terminal) {
   this[kSubstringSearch] = null;
   this.output = output;
   this.input = input;
+  this.setupHistoryManager(input);
   this[kUndoStack] = [];
   this[kRedoStack] = [];
   this[kPreviousCursorCols] = -1;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-history-init-order.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-history-init-order.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..19923decb4bc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-history-init-order.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const readline = require('readline');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
+  const input = new Proxy({}, {
+    get(_target, prop) {
+      if (prop === 'pause') return () => {};
+      if (prop === 'resume') return () => {};
+      return () => {};
+    },
+  });
+
+  readline.createInterface(input);
+});