diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index f5d3d711a7f..63a7befc8eb 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ const {
 const {
   validateInteger,
   validateBoolean,
+  validateString,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const { getTimerDuration } = require('internal/timers');
 const {
@@ -270,12 +271,11 @@ function ClientRequest(input, options, cb) {
     delete optsWithoutSignal.signal;
   }
   let method = options.method;
-  const methodIsString = (typeof method === 'string');
-  if (method !== null && method !== undefined && !methodIsString) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options.method', 'string', method);
+  if (method != null) {
+    validateString(method, 'options.method');
   }
 
-  if (methodIsString && method) {
+  if (method) {
     if (!checkIsHttpToken(method)) {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_HTTP_TOKEN('Method', method);
     }