diff --git a/lib/_tls_wrap.js b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
index e041c1257890e2..07305d9c96bdd4 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_wrap.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ TLSSocket.prototype._init = function(socket, wrap) {
 TLSSocket.prototype.renegotiate = function(options, callback) {
   if (options === null || typeof options !== 'object')
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options', 'Object', options);
-  if (callback != null && typeof callback !== 'function')
+  if (callback !== undefined && typeof callback !== 'function')
     throw new ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK();
 
   if (this.destroyed)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-disable-renegotiation.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-disable-renegotiation.js
index 42042a21bfbedb..da492713a0742a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-disable-renegotiation.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-disable-renegotiation.js
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
       type: TypeError,
     });
 
+    common.expectsError(() => client.renegotiate({}, null), {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK',
+      type: TypeError,
+    });
+
+
     // Negotiation is still permitted for this first
     // attempt. This should succeed.
     let ok = client.renegotiate(options, common.mustCall((err) => {