diff --git a/lib/internal/blocklist.js b/lib/internal/blocklist.js
index f290c7ada40..5b5023b0f92 100644
--- a/lib/internal/blocklist.js
+++ b/lib/internal/blocklist.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 
-const { validateInt32, validateString } = require('internal/validators');
+const { validateArray, validateInt32, validateString } = require('internal/validators');
 
 function parseCIDR(cidr) {
   validateString(cidr, 'cidr');
@@ -131,9 +131,7 @@ class BlockList {
    * @param {string} [family]
    */
   addAddresses(addresses, family = 'ipv4') {
-    if (!ArrayIsArray(addresses)) {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('addresses', 'Array', addresses);
-    }
+    validateArray(addresses, 'addresses');
     validateString(family, 'family');
     const handles = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < addresses.length; i++) {
@@ -215,9 +213,7 @@ class BlockList {
    * @param {string[]} cidrs
    */
   addCIDRs(cidrs) {
-    if (!ArrayIsArray(cidrs)) {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('cidrs', 'Array', cidrs);
-    }
+    validateArray(cidrs, 'cidrs');
     // Validate and parse all entries first so that an exception mid-array
     // does not leave the blocklist half-modified.
     const parsed = [];
diff --git a/lib/internal/histogram.js b/lib/internal/histogram.js
index c16c894dd14..8906b8ed5cf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/histogram.js
+++ b/lib/internal/histogram.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {
-  ArrayIsArray,
   Float64Array,
   Map,
   MapPrototypeEntries,
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors');
 
 const {
+  validateArray,
   validateInteger,
   validateNumber,
   validateObject,
@@ -359,8 +359,7 @@ class Histogram {
   percentilesAt(percentiles) {
     if (!isHistogram(this))
       throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('Histogram');
-    if (!ArrayIsArray(percentiles))
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('percentiles', 'Array', percentiles);
+    validateArray(percentiles, 'percentiles');
     for (let i = 0; i < percentiles.length; i++) {
       validateNumber(percentiles[i], `percentiles[${i}]`);
       if (NumberIsNaN(percentiles[i]) ||
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-blocklist.js b/test/parallel/test-blocklist.js
index 08a293bb6a8..ca4e96b0cbd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-blocklist.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-blocklist.js
@@ -339,6 +339,34 @@ const util = require('util');
   });
 }
 
+{
+  // addAddresses() and addCIDRs() must throw the same errors for non-array
+  // input regardless of how the checks are implemented internally.
+  const blockList = new BlockList();
+  for (const [value, received] of [
+    ['x', "type string ('x')"],
+    [123, 'type number (123)'],
+    [{}, 'an instance of Object'],
+    [null, 'null'],
+    [undefined, 'undefined'],
+    [1n, 'type bigint (1n)'],
+    [true, 'type boolean (true)'],
+  ]) {
+    assert.throws(() => blockList.addAddresses(value), {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      name: 'TypeError',
+      message: 'The "addresses" argument must be an instance of Array. ' +
+               `Received ${received}`,
+    });
+    assert.throws(() => blockList.addCIDRs(value), {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      name: 'TypeError',
+      message: 'The "cidrs" argument must be an instance of Array. ' +
+               `Received ${received}`,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 {
   // Test addAddresses() batch insert.
   const blockList = new BlockList();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-perf-hooks-histogram-analysis.js b/test/parallel/test-perf-hooks-histogram-analysis.js
index acc2b5a7eb2..7069ec92ac9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-perf-hooks-histogram-analysis.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-perf-hooks-histogram-analysis.js
@@ -229,7 +229,24 @@ const { inspect } = require('util');
   const unsorted = h.percentilesAt([99, 50, 90]);
   assert.strictEqual(unsorted.get(50), h.percentile(50));
 
-  // Validation
+  // Validation: non-array input must throw the same error regardless of how
+  // the check is implemented internally.
+  for (const [value, received] of [
+    ['x', "type string ('x')"],
+    [123, 'type number (123)'],
+    [{}, 'an instance of Object'],
+    [null, 'null'],
+    [undefined, 'undefined'],
+    [1n, 'type bigint (1n)'],
+    [true, 'type boolean (true)'],
+  ]) {
+    assert.throws(() => h.percentilesAt(value), {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      name: 'TypeError',
+      message: 'The "percentiles" argument must be an instance of Array. ' +
+               `Received ${received}`,
+    });
+  }
   assert.throws(() => h.percentilesAt('not array'),
                 { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' });
   assert.throws(() => h.percentilesAt([0]),