diff --git a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
index a7ff2a6765..94a59290e4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import {
 	ITriggerFunctions,
 	IWebhookFunctions,
 	BinaryMetadata,
+	FileSystemHelperFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { Agent } from 'https';
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ import axios, {
 } from 'axios';
 import url, { URL, URLSearchParams } from 'url';
 import type { Readable } from 'stream';
+import { access as fsAccess } from 'fs/promises';
+import { createReadStream } from 'fs';
 
 import { BinaryDataManager } from './BinaryDataManager';
 import type { IResponseError, IWorkflowSettings } from './Interfaces';
@@ -1997,6 +2000,21 @@ const getRequestHelperFunctions = (
 	},
 });
 
+const getFileSystemHelperFunctions = (node: INode): FileSystemHelperFunctions => ({
+	async createReadStream(filePath) {
+		try {
+			await fsAccess(filePath);
+		} catch (error) {
+			throw error.code === 'ENOENT'
+				? new NodeOperationError(node, error, {
+						message: `The file "${String(filePath)}" could not be accessed.`,
+				  })
+				: error;
+		}
+		return createReadStream(filePath);
+	},
+});
+
 const getBinaryHelperFunctions = ({
 	executionId,
 }: IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData): BinaryHelperFunctions => ({
@@ -2292,6 +2310,7 @@ export function getExecuteFunctions(
 			},
 			helpers: {
 				...getRequestHelperFunctions(workflow, node, additionalData),
+				...getFileSystemHelperFunctions(node),
 				...getBinaryHelperFunctions(additionalData),
 				getBinaryDataBuffer: async (itemIndex, propertyName, inputIndex = 0) =>
 					getBinaryDataBuffer(inputData, itemIndex, propertyName, inputIndex),
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts
index 7494b5766c..dee0ddb233 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-import { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
-import {
-	INodeExecutionData,
-	INodeType,
-	INodeTypeDescription,
-	NodeOperationError,
-} from 'n8n-workflow';
-
-import { createReadStream } from 'fs';
+import type { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
+import type { INodeExecutionData, INodeType, INodeTypeDescription } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export class ReadBinaryFile implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -53,23 +46,6 @@ export class ReadBinaryFile implements INodeType {
 		for (let itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < length; itemIndex++) {
 			try {
 				item = items[itemIndex];
-				const dataPropertyName = this.getNodeParameter('dataPropertyName', itemIndex) as string;
-				const filePath = this.getNodeParameter('filePath', itemIndex) as string;
-
-				let data;
-				try {
-					data = createReadStream(filePath);
-				} catch (error) {
-					if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
-						throw new NodeOperationError(
-							this.getNode(),
-							`The file "${filePath}" could not be found.`,
-						);
-					}
-
-					throw error;
-				}
-
 				const newItem: INodeExecutionData = {
 					json: item.json,
 					binary: {},
@@ -85,7 +61,10 @@ export class ReadBinaryFile implements INodeType {
 					Object.assign(newItem.binary, item.binary);
 				}
 
-				newItem.binary![dataPropertyName] = await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(data, filePath);
+				const filePath = this.getNodeParameter('filePath', itemIndex) as string;
+				const stream = await this.helpers.createReadStream(filePath);
+				const dataPropertyName = this.getNodeParameter('dataPropertyName', itemIndex) as string;
+				newItem.binary![dataPropertyName] = await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(stream, filePath);
 				returnData.push(newItem);
 			} catch (error) {
 				if (this.continueOnFail()) {
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
index 9528970439..c080bb0a0c 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
-import { INodeExecutionData, INodeType, INodeTypeDescription } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
+import type { INodeExecutionData, INodeType, INodeTypeDescription } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import glob from 'fast-glob';
-import { createReadStream } from 'fs';
-import type { Readable } from 'stream';
 
 export class ReadBinaryFiles implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -46,22 +44,17 @@ export class ReadBinaryFiles implements INodeType {
 		const files = await glob(fileSelector);
 
 		const items: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
-		let item: INodeExecutionData;
-		let data: Readable;
 		for (const filePath of files) {
-			data = createReadStream(filePath);
-
-			item = {
+			const stream = await this.helpers.createReadStream(filePath);
+			items.push({
 				binary: {
-					[dataPropertyName]: await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(data, filePath),
+					[dataPropertyName]: await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(stream, filePath),
 				},
 				json: {},
 				pairedItem: {
 					item: 0,
 				},
-			};
-
-			items.push(item);
+			});
 		}
 
 		return this.prepareOutputData(items);
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
index c09e689a7a..3f9ecda086 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import type { WorkflowActivationError } from './WorkflowActivationError';
 import type { WorkflowOperationError } from './WorkflowErrors';
 import type { NodeApiError, NodeOperationError } from './NodeErrors';
 import type { ExpressionError } from './ExpressionError';
+import { PathLike } from 'fs';
 
 export interface IAdditionalCredentialOptions {
 	oauth2?: IOAuth2Options;
@@ -640,6 +641,10 @@ export interface JsonHelperFunctions {
 	returnJsonArray(jsonData: IDataObject | IDataObject[]): INodeExecutionData[];
 }
 
+export interface FileSystemHelperFunctions {
+	createReadStream(path: PathLike): Promise<Readable>;
+}
+
 export interface BinaryHelperFunctions {
 	prepareBinaryData(
 		binaryData: Buffer | Readable,
@@ -725,6 +730,7 @@ export type IExecuteFunctions = ExecuteFunctions.GetNodeParameterFn &
 
 		helpers: RequestHelperFunctions &
 			BinaryHelperFunctions &
+			FileSystemHelperFunctions &
 			JsonHelperFunctions & {
 				normalizeItems(items: INodeExecutionData | INodeExecutionData[]): INodeExecutionData[];
 				constructExecutionMetaData(
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts b/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts
index ceb7fcc5b2..694a9d18fc 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ abstract class NodeError extends ExecutionBaseError {
 }
 
 interface NodeOperationErrorOptions {
+	message?: string;
 	description?: string;
 	runIndex?: number;
 	itemIndex?: number;
@@ -234,6 +235,9 @@ export class NodeOperationError extends NodeError {
 		}
 		super(node, error);
 
+		if (options.message) {
+			this.message = options.message;
+		}
 		this.description = options.description;
 		this.context.runIndex = options.runIndex;
 		this.context.itemIndex = options.itemIndex;