diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 56cb13f1cbeafc..8fa56e315e6a1a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ function isStackOverflowError(err) {
     }
   }
 
-  return err.name === maxStack_ErrorName &&
+  return err && err.name === maxStack_ErrorName &&
          err.message === maxStack_ErrorMessage;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-log-throw-primitive.js b/test/parallel/test-console-log-throw-primitive.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a1a9ca25726ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-log-throw-primitive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const { Writable } = require('stream');
+const { Console } = require('console');
+
+const stream = new Writable({
+  write() {
+    throw null; // eslint-disable-line no-throw-literal
+  }
+});
+
+const console = new Console({ stdout: stream });
+
+console.log('test'); // Should not throw