diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 59172ba7e41c5a..6c2e7b4c7ac79b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const maybeOverridePrepareStackTrace = (globalThis, error, trace) => {
   // https://crbug.com/v8/7848
   // `globalThis` is the global that contains the constructor which
   // created `error`.
-  if (typeof globalThis.Error.prepareStackTrace === 'function') {
+  if (typeof globalThis.Error?.prepareStackTrace === 'function') {
     return globalThis.Error.prepareStackTrace(error, trace);
   }
   // We still have legacy usage that depends on the main context's `Error`