diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index 703a79371d867d2..2d85ed2196529d9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ const validatePath = hideStackFrames((path, propName = 'path', options) => {
 
   const pathIsString = typeof path === 'string';
   const pathIsUint8Array = isUint8Array(path);
-  if (options && options.expectFile) {
+  if (options?.expectFile) {
     const lastCharacter = path[path.length - 1];
     if (
       lastCharacter === '/' || lastCharacter === 47 ||
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-fs-path-dir.js b/test/sequential/test-fs-path-dir.js
index 8ba5e59fdc290ec..fd44c19ff333e45 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-fs-path-dir.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-fs-path-dir.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function checkPromiseFn(promiseFn, p, args, fail) {
       console.log(failMsg, err);
       throw err;
     });
-    if (r && r.close) r.close();
+    r?.close?.();
   } else {
     assert.rejects(
       promiseFn(p, ...args), {