diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 93301ca8ddfd45..0cd2bcdfab0028 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -1186,7 +1186,14 @@ function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
     protoProps = undefined;
   }
 
-  let tag = value[SymbolToStringTag];
+  let tag = '';
+
+  try {
+    tag = value[SymbolToStringTag];
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore error.
+  }
+
   // Only list the tag in case it's non-enumerable / not an own property.
   // Otherwise we'd print this twice.
   if (typeof tag !== 'string' ||
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index b26309bb66abd8..0faa2a0058e79d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ util.inspect(process);
     }
   }
 
-  assert.throws(() => util.inspect(new ThrowingClass()), /toStringTag error/);
+  assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(new ThrowingClass()), 'ThrowingClass {}');
 
   const y = {
     get [Symbol.toStringTag]() {
@@ -1655,7 +1655,11 @@ util.inspect(process);
   };
   const x = { y };
   y.x = x;
-  assert.throws(() => util.inspect(x), /TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON/);
+
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    util.inspect(x),
+    '<ref *1> {\n  y: { x: [Circular *1], Symbol(Symbol.toStringTag): [Getter] }\n}'
+  );
 
   class NotStringClass {
     get [Symbol.toStringTag]() {