diff --git a/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js b/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
index 508b071c7c0f88..02732ea4cad88d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
+++ b/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ const {
 
 module.exports = function() {
   const { Console } = require('internal/console/constructor');
-  const { console } = require('internal/console/global');
+  const console = require('internal/console/global');
   const {
     clearImmediate,
     clearInterval,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-freeze-intrinsics.js b/test/parallel/test-freeze-intrinsics.js
index 978a6861a517fc..4e20346a9deda8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-freeze-intrinsics.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-freeze-intrinsics.js
@@ -37,3 +37,12 @@ assert.throws(
                 { name: 'TypeError' });
   assert.strictEqual(globalThis.globalThis, globalThis);
 }
+
+// Ensure that we cannot override console properties.
+{
+  const { log } = console;
+
+  assert.throws(() => { console.log = null; },
+                { name: 'TypeError' });
+  assert.strictEqual(console.log, log);
+}