diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 0aae57aed4e3a5..372c1f7ad4df90 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -145,9 +145,8 @@ function ClientRequest(input, options, cb) {
   if (this.agent && this.agent.protocol)
     expectedProtocol = this.agent.protocol;
 
-  let path;
   if (options.path) {
-    path = String(options.path);
+    const path = String(options.path);
     if (INVALID_PATH_REGEX.test(path))
       throw new ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS('Request path');
   }