diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/random.js b/lib/internal/crypto/random.js
index fe76cf1a69ef43..da1ecb80c8941f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/random.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/random.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const { Buffer, kMaxLength } = require('buffer');
 const {
   codes: {
     ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+    ERR_MISSING_ARGS,
     ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE,
     ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
   }
@@ -315,6 +316,8 @@ function onJobDone(buf, callback, error) {
 // not allowed to exceed 65536 bytes, and can only
 // be an integer-type TypedArray.
 function getRandomValues(data) {
+  if (arguments.length < 1)
+    throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('typedArray');
   if (!isTypedArray(data) ||
       isFloat32Array(data) ||
       isFloat64Array(data)) {