diff --git a/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js b/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js
index 484fa4ea2f9d..c3f935cae389 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/task_queues.js
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ function processTicksAndRejections() {
 
 // `nextTick()` will not enqueue any callback when the process is about to
 // exit since the callback would not have a chance to be executed.
+// The async resource behind each `process.nextTick()` call. A class keeps
+// every instance on one map with all fields in-object; an object literal
+// with computed symbol keys spills them into a separate property array.
+class TickObject {
+  constructor(callback, args, asyncId, triggerAsyncId) {
+    this[async_id_symbol] = asyncId;
+    this[trigger_async_id_symbol] = triggerAsyncId;
+    this[async_context_frame] = AsyncContextFrame.current();
+    this.callback = callback;
+    this.args = args;
+  }
+}
+
 function nextTick(callback) {
   validateFunction(callback, 'callback');
 
@@ -132,13 +145,7 @@ function nextTick(callback) {
     setHasTickScheduled(true);
   const asyncId = newAsyncId();
   const triggerAsyncId = getDefaultTriggerAsyncId();
-  const tickObject = {
-    [async_id_symbol]: asyncId,
-    [trigger_async_id_symbol]: triggerAsyncId,
-    [async_context_frame]: AsyncContextFrame.current(),
-    callback,
-    args,
-  };
+  const tickObject = new TickObject(callback, args, asyncId, triggerAsyncId);
   if (initHooksExist())
     emitInit(asyncId, 'TickObject', triggerAsyncId, tickObject);
   queue.push(tickObject);