diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 659fd7b671e742..563ab00262a356 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ function formatError(err, constructor, tag, ctx, keys) {
 
   removeDuplicateErrorKeys(ctx, keys, err, stack);
 
-  if (err.cause !== undefined &&
+  if ('cause' in err &&
       (keys.length === 0 || !keys.includes('cause'))) {
     keys.push('cause');
   }
diff --git a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js
index 4f22a34056cf4d..64ce5ee61913bb 100644
--- a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js
+++ b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const cause5 = new Error('Object cause', {
            '    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:827:30)'
   }
 });
+const cause6 = new Error('undefined cause', {
+  cause: undefined
+});
 
 console.log(cause4);
 console.log(cause5);
diff --git a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out
index a34ca5b46c8d47..456ed97850b1b9 100644
--- a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out
+++ b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ Error: Object cause
       '    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:827:30)'
   }
 }
+Error: undefined cause
+    at *
+    at *
+    at *
+    at *
+    at *
+    at *
+    at * {
+  [cause]: undefined
+  }
+}
 RangeError: New Stack Frames
     at *
 *[90m    at *[39m {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 07461224847d47..47562b1fd2e870 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -665,9 +665,12 @@ assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(-5e-324), '-5e-324');
   delete falsyCause1.stack;
   const falsyCause2 = new Error(undefined, { cause: null });
   falsyCause2.stack = '';
+  const undefinedCause = new Error('', { cause: undefined });
+  undefinedCause.stack = '';
 
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(falsyCause1), '[Error] { [cause]: false }');
   assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(falsyCause2), '[Error] { [cause]: null }');
+  assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(undefinedCause), '[Error] { [cause]: undefined }');
 }
 
 {