diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
index 3ef1bca0d4f..b64dfaf980f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ function patchProcessObject(expandArgv1) {
     configurable: getOptionValue('--build-snapshot'),
     value: process.argv[0]
   });
+
+  process.exitCode = undefined;
+  process._exiting = false;
   process.argv[0] = process.execPath;
 
   if (expandArgv1 && process.argv[1] &&