diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
index c8eb2d857a3d..ad3de25bf6d5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ translators.set('wasm', function(url, translateContext) {
       throw new WebAssembly.LinkError(`Invalid Wasm import "${impt.module}" in ${url}`);
     }
     if (impt.name.startsWith('wasm:') || impt.name.startsWith('wasm-js:')) {
-      throw new WebAssembly.LinkError(`Invalid Wasm import name "${impt.module}" in ${url}`);
+      throw new WebAssembly.LinkError(`Invalid Wasm import name "${impt.name}" in ${url}`);
     }
     importsList.add(impt.module);
   }