diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/util.js b/lib/web/fetch/util.js
index aa6b57fc492..f229a5540da 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/util.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/util.js
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ async function readAllBytes (reader, successSteps, failureSteps) {
       // 1. If chunk is not a Uint8Array object, call failureSteps
       //    with a TypeError and abort these steps.
       if (!isUint8Array(chunk)) {
-        failureSteps(TypeError('Received non-Uint8Array chunk'))
+        failureSteps(new TypeError('Received non-Uint8Array chunk'))
         return
       }