diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 9dfcf80a913942c..1078255cea5ba25 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ const {
   validateFunction,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const { fileURLToPath } = require('internal/url');
+const { isNativeError } = internalBinding('types');
 
 let isDeepEqual;
 let isDeepStrictEqual;
@@ -393,6 +394,8 @@ function innerOk(fn, argLen, value, message) {
     } else if (message == null) {
       generatedMessage = true;
       message = getErrMessage(message, fn);
+    } else if (isNativeError(message)) {
+      throw message;
     } else if (message instanceof Error) {
       throw message;
     }