diff --git a/lib/async_hooks.js b/lib/async_hooks.js
index 46838304a39cfd..7718dad60a9cd2 100644
--- a/lib/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/async_hooks.js
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ const {
 class AsyncHook {
   constructor({ init, before, after, destroy, promiseResolve }) {
     if (init !== undefined && typeof init !== 'function')
-      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'init');
+      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'hook.init');
     if (before !== undefined && typeof before !== 'function')
-      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'before');
+      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'hook.before');
     if (after !== undefined && typeof after !== 'function')
-      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'before');
+      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'hook.after');
     if (destroy !== undefined && typeof destroy !== 'function')
-      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'before');
+      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'hook.destroy');
     if (promiseResolve !== undefined && typeof promiseResolve !== 'function')
-      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'promiseResolve');
+      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK', 'hook.promiseResolve');
 
     this[init_symbol] = init;
     this[before_symbol] = before;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-constructor.js b/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-constructor.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f2b4df6a9f9f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-async-hooks-constructor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// This tests that AsyncHooks throws an error if bad parameters are passed.
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const async_hooks = require('async_hooks');
+const non_function = 10;
+
+typeErrorForFunction('init');
+typeErrorForFunction('before');
+typeErrorForFunction('after');
+typeErrorForFunction('destroy');
+typeErrorForFunction('promiseResolve');
+
+function typeErrorForFunction(functionName) {
+  common.expectsError(() => {
+    async_hooks.createHook({ [functionName]: non_function });
+  }, {
+    code: 'ERR_ASYNC_CALLBACK',
+    type: TypeError,
+    message: `hook.${functionName} must be a function`
+  });
+}