diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index 7055667718beed..0bdfc4783e65f3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ class URLSearchParams {
   constructor(init = undefined) {
     if (init === null || init === undefined) {
       this[searchParams] = [];
-    } else if ((typeof init === 'object' && init !== null) ||
-               typeof init === 'function') {
+    } else if (typeof init === 'object' || typeof init === 'function') {
       const method = init[Symbol.iterator];
       if (method === this[Symbol.iterator]) {
         // While the spec does not have this branch, we can use it as a