diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 19e68b13780255..fe28a8a2004761 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -350,6 +350,16 @@ MaybeLocal<Value> RunBootstrapping(Environment* env) {
   MaybeLocal<Value> result = ExecuteBootstrapper(
       env, "internal/bootstrap/node", &node_params, &node_args);
 
+  Local<Object> env_var_proxy;
+  if (!CreateEnvVarProxy(context, isolate, env->as_callback_data())
+           .ToLocal(&env_var_proxy) ||
+      process
+          ->Set(env->context(),
+                FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(env->isolate(), "env"),
+                env_var_proxy)
+          .IsNothing())
+    return MaybeLocal<Value>();
+
   env->set_has_run_bootstrapping_code(true);
 
   return scope.EscapeMaybe(result);
diff --git a/src/node_process_object.cc b/src/node_process_object.cc
index e3b8eb8d54b7ba..21dc7989cbbd75 100644
--- a/src/node_process_object.cc
+++ b/src/node_process_object.cc
@@ -151,18 +151,6 @@ MaybeLocal<Object> CreateProcessObject(
                ToV8Value(env->context(), exec_args)
                    .ToLocalChecked()).FromJust();
 
-  Local<Object> env_var_proxy;
-  if (!CreateEnvVarProxy(context, isolate, env->as_callback_data())
-           .ToLocal(&env_var_proxy))
-    return MaybeLocal<Object>();
-
-  // process.env
-  process
-      ->Set(env->context(),
-            FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(env->isolate(), "env"),
-            env_var_proxy)
-      .FromJust();
-
   READONLY_PROPERTY(process, "pid",
                     Integer::New(env->isolate(), uv_os_getpid()));