diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index 6ce21363e1ee6a..335de95ec06a99 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ function execSync(command, options) {
   if (inheritStderr && ret.stderr)
     process.stderr.write(ret.stderr);
 
-  const err = checkExecSyncError(ret, opts.args, command);
+  const err = checkExecSyncError(ret, undefined, command);
 
   if (err)
     throw err;