diff --git a/benchmark/_cli.js b/benchmark/_cli.js
index 33ba2e0963f2fe..442730ac6e5255 100644
--- a/benchmark/_cli.js
+++ b/benchmark/_cli.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
+const kEmptyObject = Object.freeze({ __proto__: null });
 // Create an object of all benchmark scripts
 const benchmarks = {};
 fs.readdirSync(__dirname)
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ fs.readdirSync(__dirname)
       .filter((filename) => filename[0] !== '.' && filename[0] !== '_');
   });
 
-function CLI(usage, settings) {
+function CLI(usage, settings = kEmptyObject) {
   if (process.argv.length < 3) {
     this.abort(usage); // Abort will exit the process
   }
@@ -25,8 +26,10 @@ function CLI(usage, settings) {
   this.items = [];
   this.test = false;
 
-  for (const argName of settings.arrayArgs) {
-    this.optional[argName] = [];
+  if (settings.arrayArgs) {
+    for (const argName of settings.arrayArgs) {
+      this.optional[argName] = [];
+    }
   }
 
   let currentOptional = null;
@@ -39,13 +42,9 @@ function CLI(usage, settings) {
     } else if (mode === 'both' && arg[0] === '-') {
       // Optional arguments declaration
 
-      if (arg[1] === '-') {
-        currentOptional = arg.slice(2);
-      } else {
-        currentOptional = arg.slice(1);
-      }
+      currentOptional = arg.slice(arg[1] === '-' ? 2 : 1);
 
-      if (settings.boolArgs && settings.boolArgs.includes(currentOptional)) {
+      if (settings.boolArgs?.includes(currentOptional)) {
         this.optional[currentOptional] = true;
         mode = 'both';
       } else {
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ function CLI(usage, settings) {
     } else if (mode === 'option') {
       // Optional arguments value
 
-      if (settings.arrayArgs.includes(currentOptional)) {
+      if (settings.arrayArgs?.includes(currentOptional)) {
         this.optional[currentOptional].push(arg);
       } else {
         this.optional[currentOptional] = arg;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-benchmark-cli.js b/test/parallel/test-benchmark-cli.js
index 49069fecac43ce..91dbe07d87f78f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-benchmark-cli.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-benchmark-cli.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 
 // This tests the CLI parser for our benchmark suite.
 
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ const CLI = require('../../benchmark/_cli.js');
 const originalArgv = process.argv;
 
 function testFilterPattern(filters, excludes, filename, expectedResult) {
-  process.argv = process.argv.concat(...filters.map((p) => ['--filter', p]));
-  process.argv = process.argv.concat(...excludes.map((p) => ['--exclude', p]));
-  process.argv = process.argv.concat(['bench']);
+  process.argv = process.argv.concat(
+    filters.flatMap((p) => ['--filter', p]),
+    excludes.flatMap((p) => ['--exclude', p]),
+    ['bench'],
+  );
 
   const cli = new CLI('', { 'arrayArgs': ['filter', 'exclude'] });
   assert.deepStrictEqual(cli.shouldSkip(filename), expectedResult);
@@ -36,3 +38,46 @@ testFilterPattern([], ['foo', 'bar'], 'bar', true);
 
 testFilterPattern(['foo'], ['bar'], 'foo', false);
 testFilterPattern(['foo'], ['bar'], 'foo-bar', true);
+
+function testNoSettingsPattern(filters, excludes, filename, expectedResult) {
+  process.argv = process.argv.concat(
+    filters.flatMap((p) => ['--filter', p]),
+    excludes.flatMap((p) => ['--exclude', p]),
+    ['bench'],
+  );
+  try {
+    const cli = new CLI('');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(cli.shouldSkip(filename), expectedResult);
+  } catch {
+    common.mustNotCall('If settings param is null, shouldn\'t throw an error');
+  }
+  process.argv = originalArgv;
+}
+
+testNoSettingsPattern([], []);
+testNoSettingsPattern([], [], 'foo', false);
+
+testNoSettingsPattern(['foo'], [], 'foo', false);
+testNoSettingsPattern(['foo'], [], 'bar', true);
+testNoSettingsPattern(['foo', 'bar'], [], 'foo', false);
+testNoSettingsPattern(['foo', 'bar'], [], 'bar', false);
+
+testNoSettingsPattern([], ['foo'], 'foo', true);
+testNoSettingsPattern([], ['foo'], 'bar', false);
+testNoSettingsPattern([], ['foo', 'bar'], 'foo', true);
+testNoSettingsPattern([], ['foo', 'bar'], 'bar', true);
+
+testNoSettingsPattern(['foo'], ['bar'], 'foo', false);
+testNoSettingsPattern(['foo'], ['bar'], 'foo-bar', true);
+
+function testNormalOption(options = [], expectedResult = []) {
+  process.argv = process.argv.concat(options);
+  const cli = new CLI('', { boolArgs: ['foo', 'bar', 'foo-bar'] });
+  const optional = Object.keys(cli.optional);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(optional, expectedResult);
+  process.argv = originalArgv;
+}
+
+testNormalOption(['--foo'], ['foo']);
+testNormalOption(['--foo', '--bar'], ['foo', 'bar']);
+testNormalOption(['--foo-bar'], ['foo-bar']);