diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index 45ae95614a88b5..efbd8ccaa68f79 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 const {
   ArrayIsArray,
   ArrayPrototypePush,
-  ArrayPrototypeReduce,
   ArrayPrototypeSlice,
   FunctionPrototype,
   FunctionPrototypeCall,
+  ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
   ReflectApply,
   StringPrototypeSlice,
@@ -975,40 +975,51 @@ function getValidStdio(stdio, sync) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('stdio', stdio);
   }
 
-  // At least 3 stdio will be created
-  // Don't concat() a new Array() because it would be sparse, and
-  // stdio.reduce() would skip the sparse elements of stdio.
-  // See https://stackoverflow.com/a/5501711/3561
+  // At least 3 stdio will be created.
   while (stdio.length < 3) ArrayPrototypePush(stdio, undefined);
 
   // Translate stdio into C++-readable form
   // (i.e. PipeWraps or fds)
-  stdio = ArrayPrototypeReduce(stdio, (acc, stdio, i) => {
-    function cleanup() {
-      for (let i = 0; i < acc.length; i++) {
-        if ((acc[i].type === 'pipe' || acc[i].type === 'ipc') && acc[i].handle)
-          acc[i].handle.close();
-      }
+  const acc = [];
+
+  function cleanup() {
+    for (let i = 0; i < acc.length; i++) {
+      if ((acc[i].type === 'pipe' || acc[i].type === 'ipc') && acc[i].handle)
+        acc[i].handle.close();
     }
+  }
+
+  function pushAcc(entry) {
+    ObjectDefineProperty(acc, acc.length, {
+      __proto__: null,
+      value: entry,
+      configurable: true,
+      enumerable: true,
+      writable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < stdio.length; i++) {
+    let stdioValue = stdio[i];
 
     // Defaults
-    stdio ??= i < 3 ? 'pipe' : 'ignore';
-
-    if (stdio === 'ignore') {
-      ArrayPrototypePush(acc, { type: 'ignore' });
-    } else if (stdio === 'pipe' || stdio === 'overlapped' ||
-               (typeof stdio === 'number' && stdio < 0)) {
-      const a = {
-        type: stdio === 'overlapped' ? 'overlapped' : 'pipe',
+    stdioValue ??= i < 3 ? 'pipe' : 'ignore';
+
+    if (stdioValue === 'ignore') {
+      pushAcc({ type: 'ignore' });
+    } else if (stdioValue === 'pipe' || stdioValue === 'overlapped' ||
+               (typeof stdioValue === 'number' && stdioValue < 0)) {
+      const entry = {
+        type: stdioValue === 'overlapped' ? 'overlapped' : 'pipe',
         readable: i === 0,
         writable: i !== 0,
       };
 
       if (!sync)
-        a.handle = new Pipe(PipeConstants.SOCKET);
+        entry.handle = new Pipe(PipeConstants.SOCKET);
 
-      ArrayPrototypePush(acc, a);
-    } else if (stdio === 'ipc') {
+      pushAcc(entry);
+    } else if (stdioValue === 'ipc') {
       if (sync || ipc !== undefined) {
         // Cleanup previously created pipes
         cleanup();
@@ -1021,46 +1032,50 @@ function getValidStdio(stdio, sync) {
       ipc = new Pipe(PipeConstants.IPC);
       ipcFd = i;
 
-      ArrayPrototypePush(acc, {
+      pushAcc({
         type: 'pipe',
         handle: ipc,
         ipc: true,
       });
-    } else if (stdio === 'inherit') {
-      ArrayPrototypePush(acc, {
+    } else if (stdioValue === 'inherit') {
+      pushAcc({
         type: 'inherit',
         fd: i,
       });
-    } else if (typeof stdio === 'number' || typeof stdio.fd === 'number') {
-      ArrayPrototypePush(acc, {
+    } else if (typeof stdioValue === 'number' ||
+               typeof stdioValue.fd === 'number') {
+      pushAcc({
         type: 'fd',
-        fd: typeof stdio === 'number' ? stdio : stdio.fd,
+        fd: typeof stdioValue === 'number' ? stdioValue : stdioValue.fd,
       });
-    } else if (getHandleWrapType(stdio) || getHandleWrapType(stdio.handle) ||
-               getHandleWrapType(stdio._handle)) {
-      const handle = getHandleWrapType(stdio) ?
-        stdio :
-        getHandleWrapType(stdio.handle) ? stdio.handle : stdio._handle;
-
-      ArrayPrototypePush(acc, {
+    } else if (getHandleWrapType(stdioValue) ||
+               getHandleWrapType(stdioValue.handle) ||
+               getHandleWrapType(stdioValue._handle)) {
+      const handle = getHandleWrapType(stdioValue) ?
+        stdioValue :
+        getHandleWrapType(stdioValue.handle) ?
+          stdioValue.handle :
+          stdioValue._handle;
+
+      pushAcc({
         type: 'wrap',
         wrapType: getHandleWrapType(handle),
         handle: handle,
-        _stdio: stdio,
+        _stdio: stdioValue,
       });
-    } else if (isArrayBufferView(stdio) || typeof stdio === 'string') {
+    } else if (isArrayBufferView(stdioValue) || typeof stdioValue === 'string') {
       if (!sync) {
         cleanup();
-        throw new ERR_INVALID_SYNC_FORK_INPUT(inspect(stdio));
+        throw new ERR_INVALID_SYNC_FORK_INPUT(inspect(stdioValue));
       }
     } else {
       // Cleanup
       cleanup();
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('stdio', stdio);
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('stdio', stdioValue);
     }
+  }
 
-    return acc;
-  }, []);
+  stdio = acc;
 
   return { stdio, ipc, ipcFd };
 }
diff --git a/src/process_wrap.cc b/src/process_wrap.cc
index d27ca7da7b587b..e11d53f47ce4e3 100644
--- a/src/process_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/process_wrap.cc
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ class ProcessWrap : public HandleWrap {
       if (!stdios->Get(context, i).ToLocal(&val)) {
         return Nothing<void>();
       }
+      if (!val->IsObject()) {
+        THROW_ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+            env, "options.stdio[%u] must be an object", i);
+        return Nothing<void>();
+      }
       Local<Object> stdio = val.As<Object>();
       Local<Value> type;
       if (!stdio->Get(context, env->type_string()).ToLocal(&type)) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-array-prototype-setter.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-array-prototype-setter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0f752731e96d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-array-prototype-setter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSyncAndAssert } = require('../common/child_process');
+
+const script = `
+Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, '2', {
+  __proto__: null,
+  set() {},
+  configurable: true,
+});
+
+try {
+  require('child_process').spawn(process.execPath, ['-e', '0']);
+  console.log('NO_ERROR');
+} catch (error) {
+  console.log(error.code);
+}
+`;
+
+spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, ['-e', script], {
+  stdout: (output) => {
+    assert.match(output, /^NO_ERROR\r?\n$/);
+  },
+  stderr: (output) => {
+    assert.doesNotMatch(output, /FATAL ERROR: v8::ToLocalChecked Empty MaybeLocal/);
+  },
+});