diff --git a/lib/diagnostics_channel.js b/lib/diagnostics_channel.js
index 10d35054f56535..4e73b39c451427 100644
--- a/lib/diagnostics_channel.js
+++ b/lib/diagnostics_channel.js
@@ -381,9 +381,7 @@ class TracingChannel {
     }
 
     const callback = ArrayPrototypeAt(args, position);
-    if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('callback', ['function'], callback);
-    }
+    validateFunction(callback, 'callback');
     ArrayPrototypeSplice(args, position, 1, wrappedCallback);
 
     return start.runStores(context, () => {