diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/http_proxy.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/http_proxy.ts
index e3fdee05..84e29a50 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/http_proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/http_proxy.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export function getProxiedConnection(
            * See https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/pull/1369 for more info. */
           const targetPath = getDefaultAuthority(parsedTarget);
           const hostPort = splitHostPort(targetPath);
-          const remoteHost = (hostPort !== null) ? hostPort.host : targetPath;
+          const remoteHost = hostPort?.host ?? targetPath;
           
           const cts = tls.connect(
             {