1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index a790e85ee2..8460a732d9 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const {
   ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE,
   ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
+const { validateString } = require('internal/validators');
 const child_process = require('internal/child_process');
 const {
   _validateStdio,
@@ -390,8 +391,7 @@ function _convertCustomFds(options) {
 }
 
 function normalizeSpawnArguments(file, args, options) {
-  if (typeof file !== 'string')
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('file', 'string', file);
+  validateString(file, 'file');
 
   if (file.length === 0)
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('file', file, 'cannot be empty');