diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/ThrowableLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/ThrowableLowering.kt
index 60671a76ec4..cf0a9a73618 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/ThrowableLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/ThrowableLowering.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ThrowableLowering(
 
     private fun IrFunctionAccessExpression.extractThrowableArguments(): ThrowableArguments =
         when (valueArgumentsCount) {
-            0 -> ThrowableArguments(nullValue(), undefinedValue())
+            0 -> ThrowableArguments(undefinedValue(), undefinedValue())
             2 -> ThrowableArguments(
                 message = getValueArgument(0)!!,
                 cause = getValueArgument(1)!!
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/runtime/coreRuntime.kt b/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/runtime/coreRuntime.kt
index 1e517e81e78..d64a8cc7e5a 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/runtime/coreRuntime.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/runtime/coreRuntime.kt
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ internal fun captureStack(instance: Throwable, constructorFunction: Any) {
 
 internal fun newThrowable(message: String?, cause: Throwable?): Throwable {
     val throwable = js("new Error()")
-    throwable.message = if (isUndefined(message)) cause?.toString() else message
+    throwable.message = if (isUndefined(message)) {
+        if (isUndefined(cause)) message else cause?.toString() ?: undefined
+    } else message ?: undefined
     throwable.cause = cause
     throwable.name = "Throwable"
     return throwable.unsafeCast<Throwable>()
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ internal fun setPropertiesToThrowableInstance(this_: dynamic, message: String?,
                 cause?.toString() ?: undefined
             } else {
                 // real null
-                message
+                undefined
             }
         } else message
     }