diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index 989ce5d6750..b4b47d7ad10 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -722,6 +722,11 @@ Intercepted ContextifyContext::PropertyDefinerCallback(
 
   Local<Object> sandbox = ctx->sandbox();
 
+  if (is_declared &&
+      !sandbox->HasOwnProperty(context, property).FromMaybe(true)) {
+    return Intercepted::kNo;
+  }
+
   auto result =
       WithPropertyDescriptorCopied(isolate, desc, [&](PropertyDescriptor& d) {
         return sandbox->DefineProperty(context, property, d);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vm-property-definer-partial-update.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-property-definer-partial-update.js
index b2291b00a2b..48c2296ed71 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-vm-property-definer-partial-update.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-property-definer-partial-update.js
@@ -54,3 +54,23 @@ const assert = require('assert');
   assert.strictEqual(
     Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(context, 'c2').enumerable, false);
 }
+
+{
+  const context = vm.createContext({});
+
+  const { before, after } = vm.runInContext(`
+    const { defineProperty, getOwnPropertyDescriptor } = Object;
+    const key = 'globalThis';
+    ({
+      before: getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key),
+      after: getOwnPropertyDescriptor(defineProperty(globalThis, key, {}), key),
+    });
+  `, context);
+
+  assert.strictEqual(before.writable, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(before.configurable, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(after.writable, before.writable);
+  assert.strictEqual(after.enumerable, before.enumerable);
+  assert.strictEqual(after.configurable, before.configurable);
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof after.value, 'object');
+}