diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 46209a3f4d58c0..cf3c885b31cdf8 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ const {
   codes: {
     ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE,
     ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
-    ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
     ERR_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE_ON_PLATFORM,
   },
   AbortError,
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ const {
   validateEncoding,
   validateFunction,
   validateInteger,
+  validateString,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 
 const watchers = require('internal/fs/watchers');
@@ -2712,9 +2712,8 @@ realpath.native = (path, options, callback) => {
 function mkdtemp(prefix, options, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(typeof options === 'function' ? options : callback);
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  if (!prefix || typeof prefix !== 'string') {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('prefix', 'string', prefix);
-  }
+
+  validateString(prefix, 'prefix');
   nullCheck(prefix, 'prefix');
   warnOnNonPortableTemplate(prefix);
   const req = new FSReqCallback();
@@ -2730,9 +2729,8 @@ function mkdtemp(prefix, options, callback) {
  */
 function mkdtempSync(prefix, options) {
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  if (!prefix || typeof prefix !== 'string') {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('prefix', 'string', prefix);
-  }
+
+  validateString(prefix, 'prefix');
   nullCheck(prefix, 'prefix');
   warnOnNonPortableTemplate(prefix);
   const path = `${prefix}XXXXXX`;