diff --git a/src/node_errors.h b/src/node_errors.h
index 291365fa3b4dc9..050fb298877116 100644
--- a/src/node_errors.h
+++ b/src/node_errors.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
   V(ERR_VM_MODULE_LINK_FAILURE, Error)                                         \
   V(ERR_WASI_NOT_STARTED, Error)                                               \
   V(ERR_WORKER_INIT_FAILED, Error)                                             \
+  V(ERR_WORKER_MESSAGEPORT_CLOSED, Error)                                      \
   V(ERR_PROTO_ACCESS, Error)
 
 #define V(code, type)                                                          \
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ ERRORS_WITH_CODE(V)
   V(ERR_TLS_PSK_SET_IDENTIY_HINT_FAILED, "Failed to set PSK identity hint")    \
   V(ERR_WASI_NOT_STARTED, "wasi.start() has not been called")                  \
   V(ERR_WORKER_INIT_FAILED, "Worker initialization failure")                   \
+  V(ERR_WORKER_MESSAGEPORT_CLOSED, "Worker messageport closed")                \
   V(ERR_PROTO_ACCESS,                                                          \
     "Accessing Object.prototype.__proto__ has been "                           \
     "disallowed with --disable-proto=throw")
diff --git a/src/node_messaging.cc b/src/node_messaging.cc
index fbe6c407a6cea2..fd853d36f7e6e6 100644
--- a/src/node_messaging.cc
+++ b/src/node_messaging.cc
@@ -1065,7 +1065,11 @@ void MessagePort::MoveToContext(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
         "The \"port\" argument must be a MessagePort instance");
   }
   MessagePort* port = Unwrap<MessagePort>(args[0].As<Object>());
-  CHECK_NOT_NULL(port);
+  if (port == nullptr) {
+    Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
+    THROW_ERR_WORKER_MESSAGEPORT_CLOSED(isolate);
+    return;
+  }
 
   Local<Value> context_arg = args[1];
   ContextifyContext* context_wrapper;