diff --git a/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js b/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
index a3b9bf2923769e..25ae6bdb47a2df 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function checkSyntax(source, filename) {
     const { defaultResolve } = require('internal/modules/esm/resolve');
     const { defaultGetFormat } = require('internal/modules/esm/get_format');
     const { url } = defaultResolve(pathToFileURL(filename).toString());
-    const { format } = defaultGetFormat(url);
+    const format = defaultGetFormat(url);
     isModule = format === 'module';
   }
   if (isModule) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/syntax/good_syntax.mjs b/test/fixtures/syntax/good_syntax.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b07312f4f6c1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/syntax/good_syntax.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function testFunction(req, res) {
+  return 'PASS';
+}
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-cli-syntax-good.js b/test/sequential/test-cli-syntax-good.js
index 262c30ccad6bce..44051c7a4a3617 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-cli-syntax-good.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-cli-syntax-good.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const syntaxArgs = [
 [
   'syntax/good_syntax.js',
   'syntax/good_syntax',
+  'syntax/good_syntax.mjs',
   'syntax/good_syntax_shebang.js',
   'syntax/good_syntax_shebang',
   'syntax/illegal_if_not_wrapped.js',