diff --git a/src/node_os.cc b/src/node_os.cc
index bd61b4c87c0e1a..085fb1aef01c32 100644
--- a/src/node_os.cc
+++ b/src/node_os.cc
@@ -268,10 +268,10 @@ static void GetUserInfo(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     Local<Object> options = args[0].As<Object>();
     MaybeLocal<Value> maybe_encoding = options->Get(env->context(),
                                                     env->encoding_string());
-    if (maybe_encoding.IsEmpty())
-      return;
+    Local<Value> encoding_opt;
+    if (!maybe_encoding.ToLocal(&encoding_opt))
+        return;
 
-    Local<Value> encoding_opt = maybe_encoding.ToLocalChecked();
     encoding = ParseEncoding(env->isolate(), encoding_opt, UTF8);
   } else {
     encoding = UTF8;