diff --git a/lib/internal/error-serdes.js b/lib/internal/error-serdes.js
index 9da1a864171607..d6e15ac77397cf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/error-serdes.js
+++ b/lib/internal/error-serdes.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function serializeError(error) {
     if (typeof error === 'object' &&
         ObjectPrototypeToString(error) === '[object Error]') {
       const constructors = GetConstructors(error);
-      for (var i = constructors.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < constructors.length; i++) {
         const name = GetName(constructors[i]);
         if (errorConstructorNames.has(name)) {
           try { error.stack; } catch {}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js
index 87ed6c3c92dc64..ca42c174808500 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ if (!process.env.HAS_STARTED_WORKER) {
   const w = new Worker(fixtures.path('syntax', 'bad_syntax.js'));
   w.on('message', common.mustNotCall());
   w.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.constructor, SyntaxError);
     assert(/SyntaxError/.test(err));
   }));
 } else {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js
index 86c20ab29d7bf1..5c91eb2d251204 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if (!process.env.HAS_STARTED_WORKER) {
   const w = new Worker('abc)', { eval: true });
   w.on('message', common.mustNotCall());
   w.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.constructor, SyntaxError);
     assert(/SyntaxError/.test(err));
   }));
 } else {