diff --git a/src/modules/date/index.ts b/src/modules/date/index.ts
index d7a0f12a017..7156bf2248e 100644
--- a/src/modules/date/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/date/index.ts
@@ -949,6 +949,12 @@ export class DateModule {
       refDate?: string | Date | number;
     } = {}
   ): Date {
+    if (options.max < options.min) {
+      throw new FakerError(
+        `Max ${options.max} should be larger than or equal to min ${options.min}.`
+      );
+    }
+
     const mode = options.mode === 'age' ? 'age' : 'year';
     const refDate = toDate(options.refDate, this.faker.defaultRefDate);
     const refYear = refDate.getUTCFullYear();
@@ -973,10 +979,6 @@ export class DateModule {
       );
     }
 
-    if (max < min) {
-      throw new FakerError(`Max ${max} should be larger then min ${min}.`);
-    }
-
     return new Date(this.faker.number.int({ min, max }));
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/date.spec.ts b/test/date.spec.ts
index b0eec16c9b4..af55508c8bf 100644
--- a/test/date.spec.ts
+++ b/test/date.spec.ts
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ describe('date', () => {
             faker.date.birthdate({ min, max, mode: 'year' })
           ).toThrow(
             new FakerError(
-              `Max 662515200000 should be larger then min 946771200000.`
+              `Max 1990 should be larger than or equal to min 2000.`
             )
           );
         });