diff --git a/lib/vm.js b/lib/vm.js
index c8c6f0f7e9473d..02b3f0bce423bc 100644
--- a/lib/vm.js
+++ b/lib/vm.js
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ class Script extends ContextifyScript {
     code = `${code}`;
     if (typeof options === 'string') {
       options = { filename: options };
-    }
-    if (typeof options !== 'object' || options === null) {
+    } else if (typeof options !== 'object' || options === null) {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options', 'Object', options);
     }