diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index e8b416949da7c8..3ff3c5c1797332 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -714,6 +714,22 @@ Used when a child process is being forked without specifying an IPC channel.
 Used when the main process is trying to read data from the child process's
 STDERR/STDOUT, and the data's length is longer than the `maxBuffer` option.
 
+<a id="ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT"></a>
+### `ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT`
+<!--
+added: REPLACEME
+changes:
+  - version: 11.12.0
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26487
+    description: The error message was removed.
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38510
+    description: The error message was reintroduced.
+-->
+
+There was an attempt to use a `MessagePort` instance in a closed
+state, usually after `.close()` has been called.
+
 <a id="ERR_CONSOLE_WRITABLE_STREAM"></a>
 ### `ERR_CONSOLE_WRITABLE_STREAM`
 
@@ -2460,16 +2476,6 @@ removed: v12.5.0
 The value passed to `postMessage()` contained an object that is not supported
 for transferring.
 
-<a id="ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT"></a>
-### `ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT`
-<!-- YAML
-added: v10.5.0
-removed: v11.12.0
--->
-
-There was an attempt to use a `MessagePort` instance in a closed
-state, usually after `.close()` has been called.
-
 <a id="ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16"></a>
 ### `ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16`
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/src/node_errors.h b/src/node_errors.h
index 291365fa3b4dc9..96659f3a400826 100644
--- a/src/node_errors.h
+++ b/src/node_errors.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
   V(ERR_BUFFER_CONTEXT_NOT_AVAILABLE, Error)                                   \
   V(ERR_BUFFER_OUT_OF_BOUNDS, RangeError)                                      \
   V(ERR_BUFFER_TOO_LARGE, Error)                                               \
+  V(ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT, Error)                                            \
   V(ERR_CONSTRUCT_CALL_REQUIRED, TypeError)                                    \
   V(ERR_CONSTRUCT_CALL_INVALID, TypeError)                                     \
   V(ERR_CRYPTO_INITIALIZATION_FAILED, Error)                                   \
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ ERRORS_WITH_CODE(V)
 #define PREDEFINED_ERROR_MESSAGES(V)                                           \
   V(ERR_BUFFER_CONTEXT_NOT_AVAILABLE,                                          \
     "Buffer is not available for the current Context")                         \
+  V(ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT, "Cannot send data on closed MessagePort")         \
   V(ERR_CONSTRUCT_CALL_INVALID, "Constructor cannot be called")                \
   V(ERR_CONSTRUCT_CALL_REQUIRED, "Cannot call constructor without `new`")      \
   V(ERR_CRYPTO_INITIALIZATION_FAILED, "Initialization failed")                 \
diff --git a/src/node_messaging.cc b/src/node_messaging.cc
index fbe6c407a6cea2..ac4abc3af01568 100644
--- a/src/node_messaging.cc
+++ b/src/node_messaging.cc
@@ -1065,7 +1065,11 @@ void MessagePort::MoveToContext(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
         "The \"port\" argument must be a MessagePort instance");
   }
   MessagePort* port = Unwrap<MessagePort>(args[0].As<Object>());
-  CHECK_NOT_NULL(port);
+  if (port == nullptr || port->IsHandleClosing()) {
+    Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
+    THROW_ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT(isolate);
+    return;
+  }
 
   Local<Value> context_arg = args[1];
   ContextifyContext* context_wrapper;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-close.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-close.js
index 17a10559e4e61d..6abc01d1b7b568 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-close.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-close.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
-const { MessageChannel } = require('worker_threads');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { MessageChannel, moveMessagePortToContext } = require('worker_threads');
 
 // Make sure that .start() and .stop() do not throw on closing/closed
 // MessagePorts.
@@ -29,3 +30,12 @@ function dummy() {}
     port1.off('message', dummy);
   }));
 }
+
+{
+  const { port2 } = new MessageChannel();
+  port2.close();
+  assert.throws(() => moveMessagePortToContext(port2, {}), {
+    code: 'ERR_CLOSED_MESSAGE_PORT',
+    message: 'Cannot send data on closed MessagePort'
+  });
+}