1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index bb07bee6f4..86c0cf7aaf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ function startup() {
   }
 
   // TODO(joyeecheung): move this down further to get better snapshotting
-  if (getOptionValue('[has_experimental_policy]')) {
+  const experimentalPolicy = getOptionValue('--experimental-policy');
+  if (experimentalPolicy) {
     process.emitWarning('Policies are experimental.',
                         'ExperimentalWarning');
-    const experimentalPolicy = getOptionValue('--experimental-policy');
     const { pathToFileURL, URL } = NativeModule.require('url');
     // URL here as it is slightly different parsing
     // no bare specifiers for now