diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index c71e5d1274afcc..74217075798ced 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ class AbortSignal extends EventTarget {
   }
 
   throwIfAborted() {
-    if (this.aborted) {
-      throw this.reason;
+    validateThisAbortSignal(this);
+    if (this[kAborted]) {
+      throw this[kReason];
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
index 097d632afa7d1c..ce6c72f4294043 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
@@ -254,3 +254,20 @@ const { setTimeout: sleep } = require('timers/promises');
   const ac = new AbortController();
   ac.signal.throwIfAborted();
 }
+
+{
+  const originalDesc = Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(AbortSignal.prototype, 'aborted');
+  const actualReason = new Error();
+  Reflect.defineProperty(AbortSignal.prototype, 'aborted', { value: false });
+  throws(() => AbortSignal.abort(actualReason).throwIfAborted(), actualReason);
+  Reflect.defineProperty(AbortSignal.prototype, 'aborted', originalDesc);
+}
+
+{
+  const originalDesc = Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(AbortSignal.prototype, 'reason');
+  const actualReason = new Error();
+  const fakeExcuse = new Error();
+  Reflect.defineProperty(AbortSignal.prototype, 'reason', { value: fakeExcuse });
+  throws(() => AbortSignal.abort(actualReason).throwIfAborted(), actualReason);
+  Reflect.defineProperty(AbortSignal.prototype, 'reason', originalDesc);
+}