diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index c4f73f40071d9b..57d45ed2eba541 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -316,7 +316,15 @@ assert.ifError = function ifError(err) { if (err) throw err; };
 
 // Expose a strict only variant of assert
 function strict(value, message) {
-  if (!value) innerFail(value, true, message, '==', strict);
+  if (!value) {
+    innerFail({
+      actual: value,
+      expected: true,
+      message,
+      operator: '==',
+      stackStartFn: strict
+    });
+  }
 }
 assert.strict = Object.assign(strict, assert, {
   equal: assert.strictEqual,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert.js b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
index c7bbd9249da387..862bccaacc7124 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
@@ -753,6 +753,14 @@ common.expectsError(
   assert.equal(Object.keys(assert).length, Object.keys(a).length);
   /* eslint-enable no-restricted-properties */
   assert(7);
+  common.expectsError(
+    () => assert(),
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_ASSERTION',
+      type: assert.AssertionError,
+      message: 'undefined == true'
+    }
+  );
 }
 
 common.expectsError(