diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index e567bf0731b5c7..a8d94a739e2bee 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ async function chmod(path, mode) {
 
 async function lchmod(path, mode) {
   if (O_SYMLINK === undefined)
-    throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED();
+    throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED('lchmod()');
 
   const fd = await open(path, O_WRONLY | O_SYMLINK);
   return fchmod(fd, mode).finally(fd.close.bind(fd));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
index 6871a6762b68e2..602f1191b7aef5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
@@ -140,15 +140,26 @@ function verifyStatObject(stat) {
                          (await realpath(newLink)).toLowerCase());
       assert.strictEqual(newPath.toLowerCase(),
                          (await readlink(newLink)).toLowerCase());
+
+      const newMode = 0o666;
       if (common.isOSX) {
         // lchmod is only available on macOS
-        const newMode = 0o666;
         await lchmod(newLink, newMode);
         stats = await lstat(newLink);
         assert.strictEqual(stats.mode & 0o777, newMode);
+      } else {
+        await Promise.all([
+          assert.rejects(
+            lchmod(newLink, newMode),
+            common.expectsError({
+              code: 'ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED',
+              type: Error,
+              message: 'The lchmod() method is not implemented'
+            })
+          )
+        ]);
       }
 
-
       await unlink(newLink);
     }