diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index 174385241ce3b5..f8cbac7ec7cbf9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const {
 
 const {
   codes: {
-    ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
     ERR_NO_CRYPTO,
     ERR_UNKNOWN_SIGNAL
   },
@@ -83,6 +82,8 @@ function isError(e) {
 // each one once.
 const codesWarned = new Set();
 
+let validateString;
+
 // Mark that a method should not be used.
 // Returns a modified function which warns once by default.
 // If --no-deprecation is set, then it is a no-op.
@@ -91,8 +92,12 @@ function deprecate(fn, msg, code) {
     return fn;
   }
 
-  if (code !== undefined && typeof code !== 'string')
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('code', 'string', code);
+  // Lazy-load to avoid a circular dependency.
+  if (validateString === undefined)
+    ({ validateString } = require('internal/validators'));
+
+  if (code !== undefined)
+    validateString(code, 'code');
 
   let warned = false;
   function deprecated(...args) {
@@ -307,15 +312,20 @@ function getSystemErrorMap() {
 const kCustomPromisifiedSymbol = SymbolFor('nodejs.util.promisify.custom');
 const kCustomPromisifyArgsSymbol = Symbol('customPromisifyArgs');
 
+let validateFunction;
+
 function promisify(original) {
-  if (typeof original !== 'function')
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('original', 'Function', original);
+  // Lazy-load to avoid a circular dependency.
+  if (validateFunction === undefined)
+    ({ validateFunction } = require('internal/validators'));
+
+  validateFunction(original, 'original');
 
   if (original[kCustomPromisifiedSymbol]) {
     const fn = original[kCustomPromisifiedSymbol];
-    if (typeof fn !== 'function') {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('util.promisify.custom', 'Function', fn);
-    }
+
+    validateFunction(fn, 'util.promisify.custom');
+
     return ObjectDefineProperty(fn, kCustomPromisifiedSymbol, {
       value: fn, enumerable: false, writable: false, configurable: true
     });
diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index ebd2b5222dcfe4..3878e17b843774 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ const validateAbortSignal = hideStackFrames((signal, name) => {
   }
 });
 
+const validateFunction = hideStackFrames((value, name) => {
+  if (typeof value !== 'function')
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, 'Function', value);
+});
+
 module.exports = {
   isInt32,
   isUint32,
@@ -241,6 +246,7 @@ module.exports = {
   validateBoolean,
   validateBuffer,
   validateEncoding,
+  validateFunction,
   validateInt32,
   validateInteger,
   validateNumber,