diff --git a/src/node_process_methods.cc b/src/node_process_methods.cc
index 1c695be2d5f..4ac8705cb6f 100644
--- a/src/node_process_methods.cc
+++ b/src/node_process_methods.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void Kill(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Local<Context> context = env->context();
 
   if (args.Length() < 2) {
-    THROW_ERR_MISSING_ARGS(env, "Bad argument.");
+    return THROW_ERR_MISSING_ARGS(env, "Bad argument.");
   }
 
   int pid;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js b/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
index c4f172e61d6..6f52089f6ca 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
+for (const args of [[], [process.pid]]) {
+  assert.throws(() => process._kill(...args), {
+    code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    message: 'Bad argument.'
+  });
+}
+
 // Test variants of pid
 //
 // null: TypeError