diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index ed552ddd559f51..fdab91714d7da0 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ void ContextifyContext::PropertySetterCallback(
     return;
 
   USE(ctx->sandbox()->Set(context, property, value));
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(value);
+  if (is_function) {
+    args.GetReturnValue().Set(value);
+  }
 }
 
 // static
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vm-global-symbol.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-global-symbol.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..72ca935cd82438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-global-symbol.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+const global = vm.runInContext('this', vm.createContext());
+const totoSymbol = Symbol.for('toto');
+Object.defineProperty(global, totoSymbol, {
+  enumerable: true,
+  writable: true,
+  value: 4,
+  configurable: true,
+});
+assert.ok(global[totoSymbol] === 4);
+assert.ok(Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(global).includes(totoSymbol));