diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyIO.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyIO.java
index a4c63d0fb54..3f32bcdc4d6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyIO.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyIO.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.SeekableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 import org.jcodings.specific.ASCIIEncoding;
 import org.jcodings.transcode.EConvFlags;
 import org.jruby.api.API;
+import org.jruby.api.Error;
 import org.jruby.ast.util.ArgsUtil;
 import org.jruby.anno.JRubyMethod;
 import org.jruby.anno.JRubyClass;
@@ -4813,6 +4815,10 @@ private static RubyFixnum copyStreamCommon(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject ar
 
         try {
             if (arg1 == runtime.getArgsFile() || !(arg1 instanceof RubyFile || arg1 instanceof RubyString || arg1.respondsTo("to_path"))) {
+                if (offset != null) {
+                    throw Error.argumentError(context, "cannot specify src_offset for non-IO");
+                }
+
                 if (sites.respond_to_readpartial.respondsTo(context, arg1, arg1, true)) {
                     channel1 = new IOChannel.IOReadableByteChannel(arg1, "readpartial");
                 } else if (sites.respond_to_read.respondsTo(context, arg1, arg1, true)) {
@@ -4999,11 +5005,15 @@ private static long transfer(ThreadContext context, ReadableByteChannel from, Wr
         long transferred = 0;
 
         if (position != -1) {
-            if (from instanceof NativeSelectableChannel) {
-                int ret = context.runtime.getPosix().lseek(((NativeSelectableChannel)from).getFD(), position, PosixShim.SEEK_SET);
+            if (from instanceof NativeSelectableChannel nativeSelectableChannel) {
+                int ret = context.runtime.getPosix().lseek(nativeSelectableChannel.getFD(), position, PosixShim.SEEK_SET);
                 if (ret == -1) {
                     throw context.runtime.newErrnoFromErrno(Errno.valueOf(context.runtime.getPosix().errno()), from.toString());
                 }
+            } else if (from instanceof SeekableByteChannel seekableByteChannel) {
+                seekableByteChannel.position(position);
+            } else {
+                throw context.runtime.newErrnoESPIPEError();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/spec/tags/ruby/core/io/copy_stream_tags.txt b/spec/tags/ruby/core/io/copy_stream_tags.txt
index f594d72b697..fec1b97e907 100644
--- a/spec/tags/ruby/core/io/copy_stream_tags.txt
+++ b/spec/tags/ruby/core/io/copy_stream_tags.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-fails:IO.copy_stream from a pipe IO raises an error when an offset is specified
 windows:IO.copy_stream from an IO to a file name copies only length bytes from the offset
 windows:IO.copy_stream from an IO to an IO copies only length bytes from the offset
 windows:IO.copy_stream from a file name to a file name copies only length bytes from the offset