diff --git a/lib/internal/perf/performance_entry.js b/lib/internal/perf/performance_entry.js
index f6a7520e267c5b..76af221a5d1ae2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/perf/performance_entry.js
+++ b/lib/internal/perf/performance_entry.js
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ class PerformanceEntry {
       throw new ERR_ILLEGAL_CONSTRUCTOR();
     }
 
-    initPerformanceEntry(this, name, type, start, duration);
+    this[kName] = name;
+    this[kEntryType] = type;
+    this[kStartTime] = start;
+    this[kDuration] = duration;
   }
 
   get name() {
@@ -94,13 +97,6 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(PerformanceEntry.prototype, {
   toJSON: kEnumerableProperty,
 });
 
-function initPerformanceEntry(entry, name, type, start, duration) {
-  entry[kName] = name;
-  entry[kEntryType] = type;
-  entry[kStartTime] = start;
-  entry[kDuration] = duration;
-}
-
 function createPerformanceEntry(name, type, start, duration) {
   return new PerformanceEntry(kSkipThrow, name, type, start, duration);
 }
@@ -135,7 +131,6 @@ function createPerformanceNodeEntry(name, type, start, duration, detail) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  initPerformanceEntry,
   createPerformanceEntry,
   PerformanceEntry,
   isPerformanceEntry,
diff --git a/lib/internal/perf/usertiming.js b/lib/internal/perf/usertiming.js
index 42c343a632be40..ff417d94700550 100644
--- a/lib/internal/perf/usertiming.js
+++ b/lib/internal/perf/usertiming.js
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
 
 const {
   ObjectDefineProperties,
-  ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
   SafeMap,
   SafeSet,
   SafeArrayIterator,
   Symbol,
   SymbolToStringTag,
-  ReflectConstruct,
 } = primordials;
 
-const { initPerformanceEntry, PerformanceEntry } = require('internal/perf/performance_entry');
+const { PerformanceEntry, kSkipThrow } = require('internal/perf/performance_entry');
 const { now } = require('internal/perf/utils');
 const { enqueue, bufferUserTiming } = require('internal/perf/observe');
 const nodeTiming = require('internal/perf/nodetiming');
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ const {
 
 const { structuredClone } = require('internal/structured_clone');
 const {
-  kEmptyObject,
   lazyDOMException,
   kEnumerableProperty,
 } = require('internal/util');
@@ -69,27 +66,29 @@ function getMark(name) {
   return ts;
 }
 
-class PerformanceMark {
-  constructor(name, options = kEmptyObject) {
+class PerformanceMark extends PerformanceEntry {
+  constructor(name, options = undefined) {
     if (arguments.length === 0) {
       throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('name');
     }
     name = `${name}`;
-    options ??= kEmptyObject;
     if (nodeTimingReadOnlyAttributes.has(name))
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('name', name);
-    validateObject(options, 'options');
-    const startTime = options.startTime ?? now();
+    if (options != null) {
+      validateObject(options, 'options');
+    }
+    const startTime = options?.startTime ?? now();
     validateNumber(startTime, 'startTime');
     if (startTime < 0)
       throw new ERR_PERFORMANCE_INVALID_TIMESTAMP(startTime);
     markTimings.set(name, startTime);
 
-    let detail = options.detail;
+    let detail = options?.detail;
     detail = detail != null ?
       structuredClone(detail) :
       null;
-    initPerformanceEntry(this, name, 'mark', startTime, 0);
+
+    super(kSkipThrow, name, 'mark', startTime, 0);
     this[kDetail] = detail;
   }
 
@@ -108,8 +107,7 @@ class PerformanceMark {
     };
   }
 }
-ObjectSetPrototypeOf(PerformanceMark, PerformanceEntry);
-ObjectSetPrototypeOf(PerformanceMark.prototype, PerformanceEntry.prototype);
+
 ObjectDefineProperties(PerformanceMark.prototype, {
   detail: kEnumerableProperty,
   [SymbolToStringTag]: {
@@ -120,8 +118,18 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(PerformanceMark.prototype, {
 });
 
 class PerformanceMeasure extends PerformanceEntry {
-  constructor() {
-    throw new ERR_ILLEGAL_CONSTRUCTOR();
+  constructor(
+    skipThrowSymbol = undefined,
+    name = undefined,
+    type = undefined,
+    start = undefined,
+    duration = undefined,
+  ) {
+    if (skipThrowSymbol !== kSkipThrow) {
+      throw new ERR_ILLEGAL_CONSTRUCTOR();
+    }
+
+    super(skipThrowSymbol, name, type, start, duration);
   }
 
   get detail() {
@@ -139,10 +147,11 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(PerformanceMeasure.prototype, {
 });
 
 function createPerformanceMeasure(name, start, duration, detail) {
-  return ReflectConstruct(function PerformanceMeasure() {
-    initPerformanceEntry(this, name, 'measure', start, duration);
-    this[kDetail] = detail;
-  }, [], PerformanceMeasure);
+  const measure = new PerformanceMeasure(kSkipThrow, name, 'measure', start, duration);
+
+  measure[kDetail] = detail;
+
+  return measure;
 }
 
 function mark(name, options) {