diff --git a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
index f95d9cc1b82ebf..242c61dea3aab2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
@@ -123,11 +123,8 @@ function setupNextTick() {
 
   class TickObject {
     constructor(callback, args, triggerAsyncId) {
-      // this must be set to null first to avoid function tracking
-      // on the hidden class, revisit in V8 versions after 6.2
-      this.callback = null;
       this.callback = callback;
-      this.args = args;
+      this.args = args.length > 0 ? args : undefined;
 
       const asyncId = newAsyncId();
       this[async_id_symbol] = asyncId;
@@ -144,31 +141,19 @@ function setupNextTick() {
 
   // `nextTick()` will not enqueue any callback when the process is about to
   // exit since the callback would not have a chance to be executed.
-  function nextTick(callback) {
+  function nextTick(callback, ...args) {
     if (typeof callback !== 'function')
       throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK');
 
     if (process._exiting)
       return;
 
-    var args;
-    switch (arguments.length) {
-      case 1: break;
-      case 2: args = [arguments[1]]; break;
-      case 3: args = [arguments[1], arguments[2]]; break;
-      case 4: args = [arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3]]; break;
-      default:
-        args = new Array(arguments.length - 1);
-        for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++)
-          args[i - 1] = arguments[i];
-    }
-
     push(new TickObject(callback, args, getDefaultTriggerAsyncId()));
   }
 
   // `internalNextTick()` will not enqueue any callback when the process is
   // about to exit since the callback would not have a chance to be executed.
-  function internalNextTick(triggerAsyncId, callback) {
+  function internalNextTick(triggerAsyncId, callback, ...args) {
     if (typeof callback !== 'function')
       throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK');
     // CHECK(Number.isSafeInteger(triggerAsyncId) || triggerAsyncId === null)
@@ -177,18 +162,6 @@ function setupNextTick() {
     if (process._exiting)
       return;
 
-    var args;
-    switch (arguments.length) {
-      case 2: break;
-      case 3: args = [arguments[2]]; break;
-      case 4: args = [arguments[2], arguments[3]]; break;
-      case 5: args = [arguments[2], arguments[3], arguments[4]]; break;
-      default:
-        args = new Array(arguments.length - 2);
-        for (var i = 2; i < arguments.length; i++)
-          args[i - 2] = arguments[i];
-    }
-
     if (triggerAsyncId === null)
       triggerAsyncId = getDefaultTriggerAsyncId();
     push(new TickObject(callback, args, triggerAsyncId));