diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index 030af62be8761e..36736da36d5313 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ const lazyDOMException = hideStackFrames((message, name) => {
 
 const kEnumerableProperty = ObjectCreate(null);
 kEnumerableProperty.enumerable = true;
+ObjectFreeze(kEnumerableProperty);
 
 const kEmptyObject = ObjectFreeze(ObjectCreate(null));
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-internal-util-objects.js b/test/parallel/test-internal-util-objects.js
index 092deb9e09464b..74068e4c577bd6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-internal-util-objects.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-internal-util-objects.js
@@ -29,6 +29,35 @@ Object.prototype.blep = 'blop';
     Object.getOwnPropertyNames(kEnumerableProperty),
     [ 'enumerable' ]
   );
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => Object.setPrototypeOf(kEnumerableProperty, { value: undefined }),
+    TypeError
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => delete kEnumerableProperty.enumerable,
+    TypeError
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => kEnumerableProperty.enumerable = false,
+    TypeError
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => Object.assign(kEnumerableProperty, { enumerable: false }),
+    TypeError
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => kEnumerableProperty.value = undefined,
+    TypeError
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => Object.assign(kEnumerableProperty, { value: undefined }),
+    TypeError
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => Object.defineProperty(kEnumerableProperty, 'value', {}),
+    TypeError
+  );
 }
 
 {