diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Bindings/XMLHttpRequestConstructor.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Bindings/XMLHttpRequestConstructor.cpp
index 943fd0be02..636a7bd461 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Bindings/XMLHttpRequestConstructor.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Bindings/XMLHttpRequestConstructor.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ XMLHttpRequestConstructor::~XMLHttpRequestConstructor()
 
 JS::Value XMLHttpRequestConstructor::call()
 {
-    return construct(*this);
+    vm().throw_exception<JS::TypeError>(global_object(), JS::ErrorType::ConstructorWithoutNew, "XMLHttpRequest");
+    return {};
 }
 
 JS::Value XMLHttpRequestConstructor::construct(Function&)