diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index 336ec19a0cf881..07cc49ec0f9271 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const { Pipe, constants: PipeConstants } = internalBinding('pipe_wrap');
 
 const {
+  AbortError,
   codes: errorCodes,
   genericNodeError,
 } = require('internal/errors');
@@ -85,7 +86,6 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const child_process = require('internal/child_process');
 const {
-  abortChildProcess,
   getValidStdio,
   setupChannel,
   ChildProcess,
@@ -713,6 +713,18 @@ function normalizeSpawnArguments(file, args, options) {
   };
 }
 
+function abortChildProcess(child, killSignal, reason) {
+  if (!child)
+    return;
+  try {
+    if (child.kill(killSignal)) {
+      child.emit('error', new AbortError(undefined, { cause: reason }));
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    child.emit('error', err);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Spawns a new process using the given `file`.
  * @param {string} file
diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index 210669f24a807a..5ef2504abbf5a0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const {
   FunctionPrototypeCall,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
-  Promise,
   ReflectApply,
   StringPrototypeSlice,
   Symbol,
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ const {
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const net = require('net');
 const dgram = require('dgram');
-const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 const inspect = require('internal/util/inspect').inspect;
 const assert = require('internal/assert');
 
@@ -523,10 +521,18 @@ ChildProcess.prototype.kill = function(sig) {
 };
 
 ChildProcess.prototype[SymbolAsyncDispose] = async function() {
-  if (!this.closed) {
-    const promise = EventEmitter.once(this, 'close');
-    abortChildProcess(this, this.killSignal);
-    await promise;
+  if (this.closed) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const promise = EventEmitter.once(this, 'close');
+  try {
+    if (this.kill(this.killSignal)) {
+      await promise;
+      this.emit('error', new AbortError());
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    this.emit('error', err);
+    throw err;
   }
 };
 
@@ -1138,22 +1144,8 @@ function spawnSync(options) {
 }
 
 
-function abortChildProcess(child, killSignal, reason) {
-  if (!child)
-    return;
-  try {
-    if (child.kill(killSignal)) {
-      child.emit('error', new AbortError(undefined, arguments.length < 3 ? kEmptyObject : { cause: reason }));
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    child.emit('error', err);
-  }
-}
-
-
 module.exports = {
   ChildProcess,
-  abortChildProcess,
   kChannelHandle,
   setupChannel,
   getValidStdio,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-destroy.js
index 6ac4dfcf9ad0ed..f0ad421e4abedc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-destroy.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-destroy.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cat.on('exit', common.mustCall((code, signal) => {
   assert.strictEqual(cat.signalCode, 'SIGTERM');
 }));
 cat.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
-  assert.strictEqual(cat.signalCode, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(cat.signalCode, 'SIGTERM');
   assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'AbortError');
 }));
 
@@ -22,7 +22,5 @@ assert.strictEqual(cat.signalCode, null);
 assert.strictEqual(cat.killed, false);
 cat[Symbol.asyncDispose]().then(common.mustCall(() => {
   assert.strictEqual(cat.signalCode, 'SIGTERM');
-})).catch(e=>{
-  console.log(111, e);
-});
+}));
 assert.strictEqual(cat.killed, true);