diff --git a/src/bun.js/modules/NodeBufferModule.h b/src/bun.js/modules/NodeBufferModule.h
index d44b981967..b35dec3470 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/modules/NodeBufferModule.h
+++ b/src/bun.js/modules/NodeBufferModule.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "root.h"
 
 #include "../bindings/JSBuffer.h"
+#include "ErrorCode.h"
 #include "JavaScriptCore/PageCount.h"
 #include "_NativeModule.h"
 #include "wtf/SIMDUTF.h"
@@ -58,10 +59,9 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(jsBufferConstructorFunction_isUtf8,
 
     ptr = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(impl->data());
   } else {
-    throwVMError(
-        lexicalGlobalObject, throwScope,
-        createTypeError(lexicalGlobalObject,
-                        "First argument must be an ArrayBufferView"_s));
+    Bun::throwError(lexicalGlobalObject, throwScope,
+                    Bun::ErrorCode::ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+                    "First argument must be an ArrayBufferView"_s);
     return JSValue::encode({});
   }
 
@@ -115,10 +115,9 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(jsBufferConstructorFunction_isAscii,
 
     ptr = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(impl->data());
   } else {
-    throwVMError(
-        lexicalGlobalObject, throwScope,
-        createTypeError(lexicalGlobalObject,
-                        "First argument must be an ArrayBufferView"_s));
+    Bun::throwError(lexicalGlobalObject, throwScope,
+                    Bun::ErrorCode::ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+                    "First argument must be an ArrayBufferView"_s);
     return JSValue::encode({});
   }