diff --git a/packages/utils/src/requestdata.ts b/packages/utils/src/requestdata.ts
index f2ffeaf621a1..0249b7a2b481 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/requestdata.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/requestdata.ts
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ function extractQueryParams(
   try {
     return (
       req.query ||
-      (typeof URL !== undefined && new URL(originalUrl).search.slice(1)) ||
+      (typeof URL !== 'undefined' && new URL(originalUrl).search.slice(1)) ||
       // In Node 8, `URL` isn't in the global scope, so we have to use the built-in module from Node
       (deps && deps.url && deps.url.parse(originalUrl).query) ||
       undefined