diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index e441746366e729..31916e5b62c793 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1994,7 +1994,8 @@ SyncWriteStream.prototype.destroy = function() {
 
 SyncWriteStream.prototype.destroySoon = SyncWriteStream.prototype.destroy;
 
-fs.mkdtemp = function(prefix, options, callback) {
+fs.mkdtemp = function(prefix, options, callback_) {
+  var callback = maybeCallback(callback_);
   if (!prefix || typeof prefix !== 'string')
     throw new TypeError('filename prefix is required');
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdtemp.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdtemp.js
index ad8a6cb46e02eb..d3def97fef1588 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdtemp.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdtemp.js
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ fs.mkdtemp(
       assert(common.fileExists(folder));
     })
 );
+
+assert.doesNotThrow(() => fs.mkdtemp(path.join(common.tmpDir, 'bar-')));