diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index c2372a55b4418f..591ddd632383fb 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ const {
   hideStackFrames
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const {
+  validateArray,
   validateBuffer,
   validateInteger,
   validateString
@@ -534,9 +535,7 @@ Buffer.isEncoding = function isEncoding(encoding) {
 Buffer[kIsEncodingSymbol] = Buffer.isEncoding;
 
 Buffer.concat = function concat(list, length) {
-  if (!ArrayIsArray(list)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('list', 'Array', list);
-  }
+  validateArray(list, 'list');
 
   if (list.length === 0)
     return new FastBuffer();
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/does_own_process_state.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/does_own_process_state.js
index 0d60fb1f4595d1..2924e7f8cc17fa 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/does_own_process_state.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/does_own_process_state.js
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ if (credentials.implementsPosixCredentials) {
 
 const {
   parseFileMode,
+  validateArray,
   validateString
 } = require('internal/validators');
 
 function wrapPosixCredentialSetters(credentials) {
-  const {
-    ArrayIsArray,
-  } = primordials;
   const {
     codes: {
       ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
@@ -63,9 +61,7 @@ function wrapPosixCredentialSetters(credentials) {
   }
 
   function setgroups(groups) {
-    if (!ArrayIsArray(groups)) {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('groups', 'Array', groups);
-    }
+    validateArray(groups, 'groups');
     for (let i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
       validateId(groups[i], `groups[${i}]`);
     }
diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index 8512ae342fde65..7bd9a058ea56de 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ const {
     ERR_MISSING_ARGS
   }
 } = require('internal/errors');
-const { validateString, validateOneOf } = require('internal/validators');
+const {
+  validateArray,
+  validateOneOf,
+  validateString,
+} = require('internal/validators');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const net = require('net');
 const dgram = require('dgram');
@@ -377,12 +381,12 @@ ChildProcess.prototype.spawn = function(options) {
   validateString(options.file, 'options.file');
   this.spawnfile = options.file;
 
-  if (ArrayIsArray(options.args))
-    this.spawnargs = options.args;
-  else if (options.args === undefined)
+  if (options.args === undefined) {
     this.spawnargs = [];
-  else
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options.args', 'Array', options.args);
+  } else {
+    validateArray(options.args, 'options.args');
+    this.spawnargs = options.args;
+  }
 
   const err = this._handle.spawn(options);
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/dns/utils.js b/lib/internal/dns/utils.js
index 27d25c92ad93aa..40f5ba0088e83e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/dns/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/dns/utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {
-  ArrayIsArray,
   ArrayPrototypeForEach,
   ArrayPrototypeJoin,
   ArrayPrototypeMap,
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ const {
 
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
 const { isIP } = require('internal/net');
-const { validateInt32 } = require('internal/validators');
+const { validateArray, validateInt32 } = require('internal/validators');
 const {
   ChannelWrap,
   strerror,
@@ -60,9 +59,7 @@ class Resolver {
   }
 
   setServers(servers) {
-    if (!ArrayIsArray(servers)) {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('servers', 'Array', servers);
-    }
+    validateArray(servers, 'servers');
 
     // Cache the original servers because in the event of an error while
     // setting the servers, c-ares won't have any servers available for
diff --git a/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js b/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
index b3bd2de58ea3ff..4fdf0ba8764455 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // thread and the worker threads.
 
 const {
-  ArrayIsArray,
   ArrayPrototypeMap,
   ArrayPrototypePush,
   ArrayPrototypeSplice,
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ const {
   }
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const format = require('internal/util/inspect').format;
+const { validateArray } = require('internal/validators');
 const constants = internalBinding('constants').os.signals;
 
 function assert(x, msg) {
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ function getFastAPIs(binding) {
     _hrtime.hrtime();
 
     if (time !== undefined) {
-      if (!ArrayIsArray(time)) {
-        throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('time', 'Array', time);
-      }
+      validateArray(time, 'time');
       if (time.length !== 2) {
         throw new ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE('time', 2, time.length);
       }
diff --git a/lib/internal/worker.js b/lib/internal/worker.js
index 7d90e0b91c086a..38f3ba66f214e6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/worker.js
+++ b/lib/internal/worker.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ const {
 } = workerIo;
 const { deserializeError } = require('internal/error_serdes');
 const { fileURLToPath, isURLInstance, pathToFileURL } = require('internal/url');
+const { validateArray } = require('internal/validators');
 
 const {
   ownsProcessState,
@@ -109,9 +110,7 @@ class Worker extends EventEmitter {
     }
     let argv;
     if (options.argv) {
-      if (!ArrayIsArray(options.argv)) {
-        throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options.argv', 'Array', options.argv);
-      }
+      validateArray(options.argv, 'options.argv');
       argv = ArrayPrototypeMap(options.argv, String);
     }