diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
index 45f685c71ad028..0ac3ed855a6278 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
@@ -326,8 +326,6 @@ class ModuleLoader {
    * @returns {ModuleJobBase}
    */
   getModuleJobForRequire(specifier, parentURL, importAttributes) {
-    assert(getOptionValue('--experimental-require-module'));
-
     const parsed = URLParse(specifier);
     if (parsed != null) {
       const protocol = parsed.protocol;
@@ -346,6 +344,9 @@ class ModuleLoader {
     }
 
     const { url, format } = resolveResult;
+    if (!getOptionValue('--experimental-require-module')) {
+      throw new ERR_REQUIRE_ESM(url, true);
+    }
     const resolvedImportAttributes = resolveResult.importAttributes ?? importAttributes;
     let job = this.loadCache.get(url, resolvedImportAttributes.type);
     if (job !== undefined) {
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-typescript.mjs b/test/es-module/test-typescript.mjs
index 0a713a36e42ace..f8b79261495638 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-typescript.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-typescript.mjs
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ test('execute a TypeScript file with imports', async () => {
   strictEqual(result.code, 0);
 });
 
+test('execute a TypeScript file with imports', async () => {
+  const result = await spawnPromisified(process.execPath, [
+    '--no-warnings',
+    '--eval',
+    `assert.throws(() => require(${JSON.stringify(fixtures.path('typescript/ts/test-import-fs.ts'))}), {code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'})`,
+  ]);
+
+  strictEqual(result.stderr, '');
+  strictEqual(result.stdout, '');
+  strictEqual(result.code, 0);
+});
+
 test('execute a TypeScript file with imports with default-type module', async () => {
   const result = await spawnPromisified(process.execPath, [
     '--experimental-strip-types',