diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index 987a139c6aae57..f93dd44e1f2147 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -133,8 +133,9 @@ function getPackageScopeConfig(resolved, base) {
     const packageJSONPath = packageJSONUrl.pathname;
     if (StringPrototypeEndsWith(packageJSONPath, 'node_modules/package.json'))
       break;
-    const packageConfig = getPackageConfig(fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), base);
-    if (packageConfig.exists) return packageConfig;
+    const filePath = fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl);
+    const packageConfig = getPackageConfig(filePath, base);
+    if (packageConfig.exists) return { path: filePath, packageConfig };
 
     const lastPackageJSONUrl = packageJSONUrl;
     packageJSONUrl = new URL('../package.json', packageJSONUrl);
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ function getPackageScopeConfig(resolved, base) {
     exports: undefined
   };
   packageJSONCache.set(fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), packageConfig);
-  return packageConfig;
+  return { packageConfig };
 }
 
 /*
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ function packageExportsResolve(
 }
 
 function getPackageType(url) {
-  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(url, url);
+  const { packageConfig } = getPackageScopeConfig(url, url);
   return packageConfig.type;
 }
 
@@ -533,17 +534,10 @@ function packageResolve(specifier, base, conditions) {
     '' : '.' + StringPrototypeSlice(specifier, separatorIndex);
 
   // ResolveSelf
-  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(base, base);
+  const { path, packageConfig } = getPackageScopeConfig(base, base);
   if (packageConfig.exists) {
-    // TODO(jkrems): Find a way to forward the pair/iterator already generated
-    // while executing GetPackageScopeConfig
-    let packageJSONUrl;
-    for (const [ filename, packageConfigCandidate ] of packageJSONCache) {
-      if (packageConfig === packageConfigCandidate) {
-        packageJSONUrl = pathToFileURL(filename);
-        break;
-      }
-    }
+    // If path not exist, then packageConfig.exists is false too
+    const packageJSONUrl = pathToFileURL(path);
     if (packageJSONUrl !== undefined &&
         packageConfig.name === packageName &&
         packageConfig.exports !== undefined) {