diff --git a/src/js_stream.cc b/src/js_stream.cc
index 77595ad3cda..25938f111ba 100644
--- a/src/js_stream.cc
+++ b/src/js_stream.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ AsyncWrap* JSStream::GetAsyncWrap() {
 
 
 bool JSStream::IsAlive() {
-  return MakeCallback(env()->isalive_string(), 0, nullptr)->IsTrue();
+  v8::Local<v8::Value> fn = object()->Get(env()->isalive_string());
+  if (!fn->IsFunction())
+    return false;
+  return MakeCallback(fn.As<v8::Function>(), 0, nullptr)->IsTrue();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-js-stream-call-properties.js b/test/parallel/test-js-stream-call-properties.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6b1adb3cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-js-stream-call-properties.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const util = require('util');
+const JSStream = process.binding('js_stream').JSStream;
+
+// Testing if will abort when properties are printed.
+util.inspect(new JSStream());