diff --git a/benchmark/misc/punycode.js b/benchmark/misc/punycode.js
index 630aea3195f098..40bcd70302003c 100644
--- a/benchmark/misc/punycode.js
+++ b/benchmark/misc/punycode.js
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common.js');
-const icu = process.binding('icu');
+let icu;
+try {
+  icu = process.binding('icu');
+} catch (err) {}
 const punycode = require('punycode');
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
-  method: ['punycode', 'icu'],
+  method: ['punycode'].concat(icu !== undefined ? ['icu'] : []),
   n: [1024],
   val: [
     'افغانستا.icom.museum',
@@ -69,8 +72,11 @@ function main(conf) {
       runPunycode(n, val);
       break;
     case 'icu':
-      runICU(n, val);
-      break;
+      if (icu !== undefined) {
+        runICU(n, val);
+        break;
+      }
+      // fallthrough
     default:
       throw new Error('Unexpected method');
   }
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 1bc75abef3f420..ce80ba0ccf4bae 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -4777,9 +4777,9 @@ Local<Context> NewContext(Isolate* isolate,
   auto intl_key = FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "Intl");
   auto break_iter_key = FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "v8BreakIterator");
   Local<Value> intl_v;
-  Local<Object> intl;
   if (context->Global()->Get(context, intl_key).ToLocal(&intl_v) &&
-      intl_v->ToObject(context).ToLocal(&intl)) {
+      intl_v->IsObject()) {
+    Local<Object> intl = intl_v.As<Object>();
     intl->Delete(context, break_iter_key).FromJust();
   }
   return context;