diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-proto.js b/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-proto.js
index b950321e7c3433..9f8f4f7988b6fa 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-proto.js
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-proto.js
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   create(context) {
     return {
-      /* eslint max-len: 0 */
-      'CallExpression[callee.type="Identifier"][callee.name="ObjectCreate"][arguments.0.type="Literal"][arguments.0.value=null][arguments.length=1],\
-      CallExpression[callee.type="MemberExpression"][callee.object.name="Object"][callee.property.name="create"][arguments.0.type="Literal"][arguments.0.value=null][arguments.length=1]\
-      '(node) {
+      'CallExpression[arguments.length=1][arguments.0.type="Literal"][arguments.0.value=null]:matches(\
+        [callee.type="Identifier"][callee.name="ObjectCreate"],\
+        [callee.type="MemberExpression"][callee.object.name="Object"][callee.property.name="create"]\
+      )'(node) {
         if (node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression') {
           const scope = declaredScope(context, node.callee.object);
           if (scope !== 'module' && scope !== 'global') {