diff --git a/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js b/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
index 3211ed2c736..e4284cfb4f4 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module.exports = {
         return {
             CatchClause(node) {
                 if (
+                    node.param &&
                     node.param.type === "Identifier" &&
                     node.body.body.length &&
                     node.body.body[0].type === "ThrowStatement" &&
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
index 8c1a7118e20..93989a40352 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ ruleTester.run("no-useless-catch", rule, {
                 }
             `,
             parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 8 }
+        },
+        {
+            code: `
+                try {
+                    throw new Error('foo');
+                } catch {
+                    throw new Error('foo');
+                }
+            `,
+            parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 2019 }
         }
 
     ],