diff --git a/src/api/environment.cc b/src/api/environment.cc
index 0347aba35215a3..c3f2fa10a8d89f 100644
--- a/src/api/environment.cc
+++ b/src/api/environment.cc
@@ -661,8 +661,7 @@ Maybe<bool> InitializeContextRuntime(Local<Context> context) {
     }
   } else if (per_process::cli_options->disable_proto != "") {
     // Validated in ProcessGlobalArgs
-    FatalError("InitializeContextRuntime()",
-               "invalid --disable-proto mode");
+    OnFatalError("InitializeContextRuntime()", "invalid --disable-proto mode");
   }
 
   return Just(true);
diff --git a/src/inspector_agent.cc b/src/inspector_agent.cc
index 09afb2675582af..b1ba86b7b0b234 100644
--- a/src/inspector_agent.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_agent.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace node {
 namespace inspector {
 namespace {
 
-using node::FatalError;
+using node::OnFatalError;
 
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::Function;
@@ -898,8 +898,8 @@ void Agent::ToggleAsyncHook(Isolate* isolate, Local<Function> fn) {
   USE(fn->Call(context, Undefined(isolate), 0, nullptr));
   if (try_catch.HasCaught() && !try_catch.HasTerminated()) {
     PrintCaughtException(isolate, context, try_catch);
-    FatalError("\nnode::inspector::Agent::ToggleAsyncHook",
-               "Cannot toggle Inspector's AsyncHook, please report this.");
+    OnFatalError("\nnode::inspector::Agent::ToggleAsyncHook",
+                 "Cannot toggle Inspector's AsyncHook, please report this.");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 648bbe0404b718..346b33f428508d 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ NODE_EXTERN Environment* GetCurrentEnvironment(v8::Local<v8::Context> context);
 NODE_EXTERN IsolateData* GetEnvironmentIsolateData(Environment* env);
 NODE_EXTERN ArrayBufferAllocator* GetArrayBufferAllocator(IsolateData* data);
 
-NODE_EXTERN void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
+[[noreturn]] NODE_EXTERN void OnFatalError(const char* location,
+                                           const char* message);
 NODE_EXTERN void PromiseRejectCallback(v8::PromiseRejectMessage message);
 NODE_EXTERN bool AllowWasmCodeGenerationCallback(v8::Local<v8::Context> context,
                                             v8::Local<v8::String>);
diff --git a/src/node_api.cc b/src/node_api.cc
index 38cd08022c2b26..096a6e580fb9e8 100644
--- a/src/node_api.cc
+++ b/src/node_api.cc
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ NAPI_NO_RETURN void NAPI_CDECL napi_fatal_error(const char* location,
     message_string.assign(const_cast<char*>(message), strlen(message));
   }
 
-  node::FatalError(location_string.c_str(), message_string.c_str());
+  node::OnFatalError(location_string.c_str(), message_string.c_str());
 }
 
 napi_status NAPI_CDECL
diff --git a/src/node_errors.cc b/src/node_errors.cc
index 2dc9e085269222..e58e45be7bbb64 100644
--- a/src/node_errors.cc
+++ b/src/node_errors.cc
@@ -499,13 +499,7 @@ static void ReportFatalException(Environment* env,
   fflush(stderr);
 }
 
-[[noreturn]] void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
-  OnFatalError(location, message);
-  // to suppress compiler warning
-  ABORT();
-}
-
-void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
+[[noreturn]] void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
   if (location) {
     FPrintF(stderr, "FATAL ERROR: %s %s\n", location, message);
   } else {
@@ -527,7 +521,7 @@ void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
   ABORT();
 }
 
-void OOMErrorHandler(const char* location, bool is_heap_oom) {
+[[noreturn]] void OOMErrorHandler(const char* location, bool is_heap_oom) {
   const char* message =
       is_heap_oom ? "Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory"
                   : "Allocation failed - process out of memory";
diff --git a/src/node_errors.h b/src/node_errors.h
index ac2397fe53713f..cc336536af0170 100644
--- a/src/node_errors.h
+++ b/src/node_errors.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ void AppendExceptionLine(Environment* env,
                          enum ErrorHandlingMode mode);
 
 [[noreturn]] void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
-void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
-void OOMErrorHandler(const char* location, bool is_heap_oom);
+[[noreturn]] void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
+[[noreturn]] void OOMErrorHandler(const char* location, bool is_heap_oom);
 
 // Helpers to construct errors similar to the ones provided by
 // lib/internal/errors.js.
diff --git a/src/node_watchdog.cc b/src/node_watchdog.cc
index b714355ed8f63d..8f0a3844121e23 100644
--- a/src/node_watchdog.cc
+++ b/src/node_watchdog.cc
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ Watchdog::Watchdog(v8::Isolate* isolate, uint64_t ms, bool* timed_out)
   int rc;
   rc = uv_loop_init(&loop_);
   if (rc != 0) {
-    FatalError("node::Watchdog::Watchdog()",
-               "Failed to initialize uv loop.");
+    OnFatalError("node::Watchdog::Watchdog()", "Failed to initialize uv loop.");
   }
 
   rc = uv_async_init(&loop_, &async_, [](uv_async_t* signal) {