diff --git a/src/node_url.cc b/src/node_url.cc
index 75aaf468f508f2..fcbd45e02c5bdf 100644
--- a/src/node_url.cc
+++ b/src/node_url.cc
@@ -444,7 +444,9 @@ void BindingData::Update(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 
   std::string_view new_value_view = new_value.ToStringView();
   auto out = ada::parse<ada::url_aggregator>(input.ToStringView());
-  CHECK(out);
+  if (!out) {
+    return args.GetReturnValue().Set(false);
+  }
 
   bool result{true};
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-setters.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-setters.js
index b98bf5d8d3b393..a6f4ee5c729f76 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-setters.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-setters.js
@@ -39,6 +39,27 @@ const additionalTestCases =
   }
 }
 
+test(function() {
+  const url = new URL('http:\u{1F600}xn-');
+  const href = url.href;
+  const setters = {
+    hostname: 'example.com',
+    host: 'example.com:8080',
+    protocol: 'https:',
+    pathname: '/path',
+    search: '?search',
+    hash: '#hash',
+    port: '8080',
+    username: 'username',
+    password: 'password',
+  };
+
+  for (const [property, value] of Object.entries(setters)) {
+    url[property] = value;
+    assert_equals(url.href, href, `Setting ${property} leaves the URL unchanged`);
+  }
+}, 'URL: setting properties with an unparsable serialized URL');
+
 {
   const url = new URL('http://example.com/');
   const obj = {