TypeError from VM context

vm.js

//vm.createContext({console});

vm.runInThisContext(`
  Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype, "length", {
      get: function () {
        return 1;
      },
      configurable: true
    });
`);

/**
 * The following function call produces a TypeError, but the error does not
 * occur if the `console` object has previously been "contextified" (as in the
 * first line of this file))
 *
 * internal/streams/BufferList.js:10
 * this.length = 0;
 *
 *
 * TypeError: Cannot set property length of #<Object> which has only a getter
 *     at new BufferList (internal/streams/BufferList.js:10:15)
 *     at new ReadableState (_stream_readable.js:57:17)
 *     at WriteStream.Readable (_stream_readable.js:108:25)
 *     at WriteStream.Duplex (_stream_duplex.js:27:12)
 *     at WriteStream.Socket (net.js:139:17)
 *     at new WriteStream (tty.js:45:14)
 *     at createWritableStdioStream (internal/process/stdio.js:143:16)
 *     at process.getStdout [as stdout] (internal/process/stdio.js:10:14)
 *     at console.js:100:37
 *     at NativeModule.compile (bootstrap_node.js:493:7)
 */
console.log('');

// Node v6.10.3