diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 4380c4d6dd2018..abd12e131904c8 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ function rmdirSync(path, options) {
     return rimrafSync(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), options);
   }
 
-  options = validateRmdirOptions(options);
+  validateRmdirOptions(options);
   const ctx = { path };
   binding.rmdir(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), undefined, ctx);
   return handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);