diff --git a/lib/internal/locks.js b/lib/internal/locks.js
index b3d605aa8bc79e..d2a0ce66385e85 100644
--- a/lib/internal/locks.js
+++ b/lib/internal/locks.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const {
   PromisePrototypeThen,
   PromiseResolve,
   SafePromisePrototypeFinally,
+  StringPrototypeStartsWith,
   Symbol,
   SymbolToStringTag,
 } = primordials;
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ class LockManager {
       signal.throwIfAborted();
     }
 
-    if (name.startsWith('-')) {
+    if (StringPrototypeStartsWith(name, '-')) {
       // If name starts with U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS (-), then reject promise with a
       // "NotSupportedError" DOMException.
       throw lazyDOMException('Lock name may not start with hyphen',