diff --git a/lib/v8.js b/lib/v8.js
index ba95c98dadc1ee..fccc39edc6833f 100644
--- a/lib/v8.js
+++ b/lib/v8.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class DefaultSerializer extends Serializer {
       i = arrayBufferViewTypeToIndex.get(tag);
 
       if (i === undefined) {
-        throw this._getDataCloneError(`Unknown host object type: ${tag}`);
+        throw new this._getDataCloneError(`Unknown host object type: ${tag}`);
       }
     }
     this.writeUint32(i);