diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index 41ae1b1a8be429..1b85660e07c73a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ function onParseComplete(flags, protocol, username, password,
   initSearchParams(this[searchParams], query);
 }
 
-function onParseError(flags, input) {
+function onParseError(input, flags) {
   throw new ERR_INVALID_URL(input);
 }
 
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ class URL {
     }
     this[context] = new URLContext();
     parse(input, -1, base_context, undefined,
-          FunctionPrototypeBind(onParseComplete, this), onParseError);
+          FunctionPrototypeBind(onParseComplete, this),
+          FunctionPrototypeBind(onParseError, this, input));
   }
 
   get [special]() {
@@ -760,7 +761,8 @@ class URL {
     // toUSVString is not needed.
     input = `${input}`;
     parse(input, -1, undefined, undefined,
-          FunctionPrototypeBind(onParseComplete, this), onParseError);
+          FunctionPrototypeBind(onParseComplete, this),
+          FunctionPrototypeBind(onParseError, this, input));
   }
 
   // readonly
diff --git a/src/node_url.cc b/src/node_url.cc
index 59abbe43f9917d..3859d230fa1d77 100644
--- a/src/node_url.cc
+++ b/src/node_url.cc
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ URLHost::~URLHost() {
 
 #define ERR_ARGS(XX)                                                          \
   XX(ERR_ARG_FLAGS)                                                           \
-  XX(ERR_ARG_INPUT)                                                           \
 
 enum url_cb_args {
 #define XX(name) name,
@@ -1681,8 +1680,6 @@ void Parse(Environment* env,
   } else if (error_cb->IsFunction()) {
     Local<Value> argv[2] = { undef, undef };
     argv[ERR_ARG_FLAGS] = Integer::NewFromUnsigned(isolate, url.flags);
-    argv[ERR_ARG_INPUT] =
-      String::NewFromUtf8(env->isolate(), input).ToLocalChecked();
     error_cb.As<Function>()->Call(context, recv, arraysize(argv), argv)
         .FromMaybe(Local<Value>());
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-url-null-char.js b/test/parallel/test-url-null-char.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..468080844d534b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-url-null-char.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+assert.throws(
+  () => { new URL('a\0b'); },
+  { input: 'a\0b' }
+);