diff --git a/lib/common/asar.js b/lib/common/asar.js
index eac5213afe2fa..08e20426e5644 100644
--- a/lib/common/asar.js
+++ b/lib/common/asar.js
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@
     return error
   }
 
-  const overrideAPISync = function (module, name, pathArgumentIndex) {
+  const overrideAPISync = function (module, name, pathArgumentIndex, fromAsync) {
     if (pathArgumentIndex == null) pathArgumentIndex = 0
     const old = module[name]
-    module[name] = function () {
+    const func = function () {
       const pathArgument = arguments[pathArgumentIndex]
       const { isAsar, asarPath, filePath } = splitPath(pathArgument)
       if (!isAsar) return old.apply(this, arguments)
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@
       arguments[pathArgumentIndex] = newPath
       return old.apply(this, arguments)
     }
+    if (fromAsync) {
+      return func
+    }
+    module[name] = func
   }
 
   const overrideAPI = function (module, name, pathArgumentIndex) {
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@
 
       const callback = arguments[arguments.length - 1]
       if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
-        return overrideAPISync(module, name, pathArgumentIndex)
+        return overrideAPISync(module, name, pathArgumentIndex, true).apply(this, arguments)
       }
 
       const archive = getOrCreateArchive(asarPath)
diff --git a/spec/asar-spec.js b/spec/asar-spec.js
index 9ded5fe6fbd75..bc26959fbfb62 100644
--- a/spec/asar-spec.js
+++ b/spec/asar-spec.js
@@ -912,6 +912,18 @@ describe('asar package', function () {
         })
       })
 
+      it('executes binaries without callback', function (done) {
+        const process = execFile(echo, ['test'])
+        process.on('close', function (code) {
+          assert.strictEqual(code, 0)
+          done()
+        })
+        process.on('error', function () {
+          assert.fail()
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+
       it('execFileSync executes binaries', function () {
         const output = execFileSync(echo, ['test'])
         assert.strictEqual(String(output), 'test\n')