diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index 84ab819d54a47f..7dfb3523e36956 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -6060,11 +6060,14 @@ void GetFipsCrypto(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 void SetFipsCrypto(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
 #ifdef NODE_FIPS_MODE
-  bool mode = args[0]->BooleanValue();
+  const bool enabled = FIPS_mode();
+  const bool enable = args[0]->BooleanValue();
+  if (enable == enabled)
+    return;  // No action needed.
   if (force_fips_crypto) {
     return env->ThrowError(
         "Cannot set FIPS mode, it was forced with --force-fips at startup.");
-  } else if (!FIPS_mode_set(mode)) {
+  } else if (!FIPS_mode_set(enable)) {
     unsigned long err = ERR_get_error();  // NOLINT(runtime/int)
     return ThrowCryptoError(env, err);
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-fips.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-fips.js
index da2dd7b0ba8765..755c6e20c26b2d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-fips.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-fips.js
@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@ testHelper(
   'require("crypto").fips = false',
   process.env);
 
+// --force-fips makes setFipsCrypto enable a no-op (FIPS stays on)
+testHelper(
+  compiledWithFips() ? 'stdout' : 'stderr',
+  ['--force-fips'],
+  compiledWithFips() ? FIPS_ENABLED : OPTION_ERROR_STRING,
+  '(require("crypto").fips = true,' +
+  'require("crypto").fips)',
+  process.env);
+
 // --force-fips and --enable-fips order does not matter
 testHelper(
   'stderr',