diff --git a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
index 685fa6717b..00698aee23 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function setupNextTick() {
           callback(args[0], args[1], args[2]);
           break;
         default:
-          callback.apply(null, args);
+          callback(...args);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-next-tick.js b/test/parallel/test-next-tick.js
index 511d0559cd..47823f45bc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-next-tick.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-next-tick.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ process.nextTick((a, b) => {
 }, 42, obj);
 
 process.nextTick(function() {
-  assert.strictEqual(this, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(this, undefined);
 }, 1, 2, 3, 4);
 
 process.nextTick(() => {