diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index eb913adcbf975b..a80a5283c52e3c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -376,21 +376,19 @@ async function chmod(path, mode) {
 }
 
 async function lchmod(path, mode) {
-  if (O_SYMLINK !== undefined) {
-    const fd = await open(path,
-                          O_WRONLY | O_SYMLINK);
-    return fchmod(fd, mode).finally(fd.close.bind(fd));
-  }
-  throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED();
+  if (O_SYMLINK === undefined)
+    throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED();
+
+  const fd = await open(path, O_WRONLY | O_SYMLINK);
+  return fchmod(fd, mode).finally(fd.close.bind(fd));
 }
 
 async function lchown(path, uid, gid) {
-  if (O_SYMLINK !== undefined) {
-    const fd = await open(path,
-                          O_WRONLY | O_SYMLINK);
-    return fchown(fd, uid, gid).finally(fd.close.bind(fd));
-  }
-  throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED();
+  if (O_SYMLINK === undefined)
+    throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED();
+
+  const fd = await open(path, O_WRONLY | O_SYMLINK);
+  return fchown(fd, uid, gid).finally(fd.close.bind(fd));
 }
 
 async function fchown(handle, uid, gid) {