diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringPrototype.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringPrototype.cpp
index fdb2e3cec4..35cf826764 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringPrototype.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringPrototype.cpp
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ JS_DEFINE_NATIVE_FUNCTION(StringPrototype::starts_with)
     auto string = ak_string_from(vm, global_object);
     if (string.is_null())
         return {};
-    if (!vm.argument_count())
-        return Value(false);
+
     auto search_string = vm.argument(0).to_string(global_object);
     if (vm.exception())
         return {};
+
     auto string_length = string.length();
     auto search_string_length = search_string.length();
     size_t start = 0;