diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
index 05dfed0b7793b2..7add585f33192f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class HooksProxy {
    */
   #lock;
   /**
-   * The InternalWorker instance, which lets us communicate with the loader thread.
+   * The HooksWorker instance, which lets us communicate with the loader thread.
    */
   #worker;
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class HooksProxy {
   #isWorkerOwner = false;
 
   constructor() {
-    const { InternalWorker, hooksPort } = require('internal/worker');
+    const { HooksWorker, hooksPort } = require('internal/worker');
     const lock = new SharedArrayBuffer(SHARED_MEMORY_BYTE_LENGTH);
     this.#lock = new Int32Array(lock);
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class HooksProxy {
       // the existing instance. If another thread created it, the constructor will throw
       // Fallback is to use the existing hooksPort created by the thread that originally
       // spawned the customization hooks thread.
-      this.#worker = new InternalWorker(loaderWorkerId, {
+      this.#worker = new HooksWorker(loaderWorkerId, {
         stderr: false,
         stdin: false,
         stdout: false,
@@ -551,10 +551,10 @@ class HooksProxy {
 
   waitForWorker() {
     // There is one Hooks instance for each worker thread. But only one of
-    // these Hooks instances has an InternalWorker. That was the Hooks instance
+    // these Hooks instances has a HooksWorker. That was the Hooks instance
     // created for the first thread that registers a hook set.
     // It means for all Hooks instances that are not on that thread => they are
-    // done because they delegate to the single InternalWorker.
+    // done because they delegate to the single HooksWorker.
     if (!this.#isWorkerOwner) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/lib/internal/worker.js b/lib/internal/worker.js
index edb816797ab7bc..66cd0816096f2b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/worker.js
+++ b/lib/internal/worker.js
@@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ class Worker extends EventEmitter {
 }
 
 /**
- * A worker which has an internal module for entry point (e.g. internal/module/esm/worker).
- * Internal workers bypass the permission model.
+ * A worker which is used to by the customization hooks thread (internal/module/esm/worker).
+ * This bypasses the permission model.
  */
-class InternalWorker extends Worker {
+class HooksWorker extends Worker {
   constructor(filename, options) {
     super(filename, options, kIsInternal);
   }
@@ -570,6 +570,6 @@ module.exports = {
   getEnvironmentData,
   assignEnvironmentData,
   threadId,
-  InternalWorker,
+  HooksWorker,
   Worker,
 };
diff --git a/src/node_worker.cc b/src/node_worker.cc
index 87107867b791e0..9c383802ed1ac6 100644
--- a/src/node_worker.cc
+++ b/src/node_worker.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace node {
 namespace worker {
 
 constexpr double kMB = 1024 * 1024;
-std::atomic_bool Worker::internalExists{false};
+std::atomic_bool Worker::hooksWorkerExists{false};
 Mutex Worker::instantiationMutex;
 
 Worker::Worker(Environment* env,
@@ -498,14 +498,14 @@ void Worker::New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   CHECK(args.IsConstructCall());
   auto creatingHooksThread = is_internal->IsTrue();
 
-  if (creatingHooksThread && internalExists) {
+  if (creatingHooksThread && hooksWorkerExists) {
     isolate->ThrowException(ERR_HOOKS_THREAD_EXISTS(
         isolate, "Customization hooks thread already exists"));
     return;
   }
 
   if (creatingHooksThread) {
-    internalExists = true;
+    hooksWorkerExists = true;
   }
 
   if (env->isolate_data()->platform() == nullptr) {
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ void Worker::LoopStartTime(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 }
 
 void Worker::HasHooksThread(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(Worker::internalExists);
+  args.GetReturnValue().Set(Worker::hooksWorkerExists);
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/src/node_worker.h b/src/node_worker.h
index 51cefa42972411..e56cffa8808b1d 100644
--- a/src/node_worker.h
+++ b/src/node_worker.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Worker : public AsyncWrap {
   uintptr_t stack_base_ = 0;
   // Optional name used for debugging in inspector and trace events.
   std::string name_;
-  static std::atomic_bool internalExists;
+  static std::atomic_bool hooksWorkerExists;
   // this mutex is to synchronize ::New calls
   static Mutex instantiationMutex;