diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 97102700f65800..81cf4526526cbb 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -2921,7 +2921,8 @@ void Init(std::vector<std::string>* argv,
       index = node_options.find(' ', index + 1);
       if (index - prev_index == 1) continue;
 
-      const std::string option = node_options.substr(prev_index + 1, index);
+      const std::string option = node_options.substr(
+          prev_index + 1, index - prev_index - 1);
       if (!option.empty())
         env_argv.emplace_back(std::move(option));
     } while (index != std::string::npos);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index d851f225fcbc35..c7096a3acb55f7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 process.chdir(tmpdir.path);
 
-expect(`-r ${require.resolve('../fixtures/printA.js')}`, 'A\nB\n');
+const printA = require.resolve('../fixtures/printA.js');
+expect(`-r ${printA}`, 'A\nB\n');
+expect(`-r ${printA} -r ${printA}`, 'A\nB\n');
 expect('--no-deprecation', 'B\n');
 expect('--no-warnings', 'B\n');
 expect('--trace-warnings', 'B\n');
@@ -29,6 +31,9 @@ expect('--v8-pool-size=10', 'B\n');
 expect('--trace-event-categories node', 'B\n');
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
 expect('--trace-event-file-pattern {pid}-${rotation}.trace_events', 'B\n');
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
+expect('--trace-event-file-pattern {pid}-${rotation}.trace_events ' +
+       '--trace-event-categories node.async_hooks', 'B\n');
 
 if (!common.isWindows) {
   expect('--perf-basic-prof', 'B\n');