diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
index 30a9a0e7331062..406f7007e23c03 100644
--- a/lib/console.js
+++ b/lib/console.js
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Console.prototype.table = function(tabularData, properties) {
   if (properties !== undefined && !ArrayIsArray(properties))
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('properties', 'Array', properties);
 
-  if (tabularData == null || typeof tabularData !== 'object')
+  if (tabularData === null || typeof tabularData !== 'object')
     return this.log(tabularData);
 
   if (cliTable === undefined) cliTable = require('internal/cli_table');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-table.js b/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
index 844d2e01e4180b..e5b56ced8435ea 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ test([Symbol(), 5, [10]], `
 └─────────┴────┴──────────┘
 `);
 
+test([null, 5], `
+┌─────────┬────────┐
+│ (index) │ Values │
+├─────────┼────────┤
+│    0    │  null  │
+│    1    │   5    │
+└─────────┴────────┘
+`);
+
 test([undefined, 5], `
 ┌─────────┬───────────┐
 │ (index) │  Values   │