diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 39c00b7db64dee..81c53383357f7f 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -2051,9 +2051,7 @@ function fchownSync(fd, uid, gid) {
   validateInteger(uid, 'uid', -1, kMaxUserId);
   validateInteger(gid, 'gid', -1, kMaxUserId);
 
-  const ctx = {};
-  binding.fchown(fd, uid, gid, undefined, ctx);
-  handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);
+  binding.fchown(fd, uid, gid);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index 806b1defdaed5d..6ad0391092b3ae 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -2687,17 +2687,15 @@ static void FChown(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   CHECK(IsSafeJsInt(args[2]));
   const uv_gid_t gid = static_cast<uv_gid_t>(args[2].As<Integer>()->Value());
 
-  FSReqBase* req_wrap_async = GetReqWrap(args, 3);
-  if (req_wrap_async != nullptr) {  // fchown(fd, uid, gid, req)
+  if (argc > 3) {  // fchown(fd, uid, gid, req)
+    FSReqBase* req_wrap_async = GetReqWrap(args, 3);
     FS_ASYNC_TRACE_BEGIN0(UV_FS_FCHOWN, req_wrap_async)
     AsyncCall(env, req_wrap_async, args, "fchown", UTF8, AfterNoArgs,
               uv_fs_fchown, fd, uid, gid);
-  } else {  // fchown(fd, uid, gid, undefined, ctx)
-    CHECK_EQ(argc, 5);
-    FSReqWrapSync req_wrap_sync;
+  } else {  // fchown(fd, uid, gid)
+    FSReqWrapSync req_wrap_sync("fchown");
     FS_SYNC_TRACE_BEGIN(fchown);
-    SyncCall(env, args[4], &req_wrap_sync, "fchown",
-             uv_fs_fchown, fd, uid, gid);
+    SyncCallAndThrowOnError(env, &req_wrap_sync, uv_fs_fchown, fd, uid, gid);
     FS_SYNC_TRACE_END(fchown);
   }
 }
diff --git a/typings/internalBinding/fs.d.ts b/typings/internalBinding/fs.d.ts
index 5e7b3482bf6260..49b92df05fad24 100644
--- a/typings/internalBinding/fs.d.ts
+++ b/typings/internalBinding/fs.d.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ declare namespace InternalFSBinding {
   function fchmod(fd: number, mode: number, usePromises: typeof kUsePromises): Promise<void>;
 
   function fchown(fd: number, uid: number, gid: number, req: FSReqCallback): void;
-  function fchown(fd: number, uid: number, gid: number, req: undefined, ctx: FSSyncContext): void;
+  function fchown(fd: number, uid: number, gid: number): void;
   function fchown(fd: number, uid: number, gid: number, usePromises: typeof kUsePromises): Promise<void>;
 
   function fdatasync(fd: number, req: FSReqCallback): void;