diff --git a/src/node_api.cc b/src/node_api.cc
index bde59c6ade6710..3a65862991c254 100644
--- a/src/node_api.cc
+++ b/src/node_api.cc
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@ class Work {
       // report it as a fatal exception. (There is no JavaScript on the
       // callstack that can possibly handle it.)
       if (!env->last_exception.IsEmpty()) {
-        v8::TryCatch try_catch;
+        v8::TryCatch try_catch(env->isolate);
         env->isolate->ThrowException(
           v8::Local<v8::Value>::New(env->isolate, env->last_exception));
         node::FatalException(env->isolate, try_catch);