diff --git a/src/permission/permission.cc b/src/permission/permission.cc
index c156133e64a13d..8f7d4a23c89a3f 100644
--- a/src/permission/permission.cc
+++ b/src/permission/permission.cc
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void Permission::ThrowAccessDenied(Environment* env,
                                     PermissionToString(perm),
                                     v8::NewStringType::kNormal)
                 .ToLocalChecked())
-      .FromMaybe(false);
+      .Check();
   err.As<Object>()
       ->Set(env->context(),
             env->resource_string(),
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void Permission::ThrowAccessDenied(Environment* env,
                                     std::string(res).c_str(),
                                     v8::NewStringType::kNormal)
                 .ToLocalChecked())
-      .FromMaybe(false);
+      .Check();
   env->isolate()->ThrowException(err);
 }