diff --git a/src/node_process_methods.cc b/src/node_process_methods.cc
index bfa9e88a9f2d01..a7178eddf6ca06 100644
--- a/src/node_process_methods.cc
+++ b/src/node_process_methods.cc
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static void LoadEnvFile(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
       break;
     }
     case dotenv.ParseResult::FileError: {
-      env->ThrowUVException(UV_ENOENT, "Failed to load '%s'.", path.c_str());
+      env->ThrowUVException(UV_ENOENT, "open", nullptr, path.c_str());
       break;
     }
     default:
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-load-env-file.js b/test/parallel/test-process-load-env-file.js
index a07ba6771bb381..8aeaef42c97805 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-load-env-file.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-load-env-file.js
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ describe('process.loadEnvFile()', () => {
   it('should throw when file does not exist', async () => {
     assert.throws(() => {
       process.loadEnvFile(missingEnvFile);
-    }, { code: 'ENOENT' });
+    }, { code: 'ENOENT', syscall: 'open', path: missingEnvFile });
   });
 
   it('should throw when `.env` does not exist', async () => {
     assert.throws(() => {
       process.loadEnvFile();
-    }, { code: 'ENOENT' });
+    }, { code: 'ENOENT', syscall: 'open', path: '.env' });
   });
 
   it('should check for permissions', async () => {