diff --git a/benchmark/events/abortcontroller-abort.js b/benchmark/events/abortcontroller-abort.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c3a675be10173b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/events/abortcontroller-abort.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common.js');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1e6],
+});
+
+function main({ n }) {
+  bench.start();
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    const ac = new AbortController();
+    ac.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {});
+    ac.abort();
+  }
+  bench.end(n);
+}
diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index 2c1f43354f9f7c..e4c0633c5ef945 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // in https://github.com/mysticatea/abort-controller (MIT license)
 
 const {
+  ErrorCaptureStackTrace,
   ObjectAssign,
   ObjectDefineProperties,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ const {
 
 let _MessageChannel;
 let makeTransferable;
+let defaultDOMException;
 
 // Loading the MessageChannel and makeTransferable have to be done lazily
 // because otherwise we'll end up with a require cycle that ends up with
@@ -79,6 +81,19 @@ function lazyMakeTransferable(obj) {
   return makeTransferable(obj);
 }
 
+function lazyDOMException() {
+  if (defaultDOMException) {
+    return defaultDOMException;
+  }
+
+  defaultDOMException = new DOMException('This operation was aborted', 'AbortError');
+
+  // Avoid V8 leak
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  const dummy = defaultDOMException.stack;
+  return defaultDOMException;
+}
+
 const clearTimeoutRegistry = new SafeFinalizationRegistry(clearTimeout);
 const timeOutSignals = new SafeSet();
 
@@ -166,8 +181,11 @@ class AbortSignal extends EventTarget {
    * @param {any} [reason]
    * @returns {AbortSignal}
    */
-  static abort(
-    reason = new DOMException('This operation was aborted', 'AbortError')) {
+  static abort(reason = undefined) {
+    if (reason === undefined) {
+      reason = lazyDOMException();
+      ErrorCaptureStackTrace(reason);
+    }
     return createAbortSignal({ aborted: true, reason });
   }
 
@@ -328,7 +346,11 @@ class AbortController {
   /**
    * @param {any} [reason]
    */
-  abort(reason = new DOMException('This operation was aborted', 'AbortError')) {
+  abort(reason) {
+    if (reason === undefined) {
+      reason = lazyDOMException();
+      ErrorCaptureStackTrace(reason);
+    }
     abortSignal(this.#signal ??= createAbortSignal(), reason);
   }