diff --git a/boa/src/builtins/json/mod.rs b/boa/src/builtins/json/mod.rs
index 6b8f8bb4247..cfc73e0d893 100644
--- a/boa/src/builtins/json/mod.rs
+++ b/boa/src/builtins/json/mod.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl Json {
 
         // 10. Perform ! CreateDataPropertyOrThrow(wrapper, the empty String, value).
         wrapper
-            .create_data_property_or_throw("", args.get(0).cloned().unwrap_or_default(), context)
+            .create_data_property_or_throw("", args.get_or_undefined(0).clone(), context)
             .expect("CreateDataPropertyOrThrow should never fail here");
 
         // 11. Let state be the Record { [[ReplacerFunction]]: ReplacerFunction, [[Stack]]: stack, [[Indent]]: indent, [[Gap]]: gap, [[PropertyList]]: PropertyList }.
diff --git a/boa/src/builtins/mod.rs b/boa/src/builtins/mod.rs
index 78173840c3c..e9f17db73ba 100644
--- a/boa/src/builtins/mod.rs
+++ b/boa/src/builtins/mod.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@ pub fn init(context: &mut Context) {
 }
 
 pub trait JsArgs {
+    /// Utility function to `get` a parameter from
+    /// a `[JsValue]` or default to `JsValue::Undefined`
+    /// if `get` returns `None`.
+    ///
+    /// Call this if you are thinking of calling something similar to
+    /// `args.get(n).cloned().unwrap_or_default()` or
+    /// `args.get(n).unwrap_or(&undefined)`.
+    ///
+    /// This returns a reference for efficiency, in case
+    /// you only need to call methods of `JsValue`, so
+    /// try to minimize calling `clone`.
     fn get_or_undefined(&self, index: usize) -> &JsValue;
 }