diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-common-mustnotcall.js b/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-common-mustnotcall.js
index 6bc428ed59a8b8..ef3c5fb729f31f 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-common-mustnotcall.js
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-common-mustnotcall.js
@@ -10,30 +10,21 @@
 
 const msg = 'Please use common.mustNotCall(msg) instead of ' +
             'common.mustCall(fn, 0) or common.mustCall(0).';
-
-function isCommonMustCall(node) {
-  return node &&
-         node.callee &&
-         node.callee.object &&
-         node.callee.object.name === 'common' &&
-         node.callee.property &&
-         node.callee.property.name === 'mustCall';
-}
-
-function isArgZero(argument) {
-  return argument &&
-         typeof argument.value === 'number' &&
-         argument.value === 0;
-}
+const mustCallSelector = 'CallExpression[callee.object.name="common"]' +
+                         '[callee.property.name="mustCall"]';
+const arg0Selector = `${mustCallSelector}[arguments.0.value=0]`;
+const arg1Selector = `${mustCallSelector}[arguments.1.value=0]`;
 
 module.exports = function(context) {
+  function report(node) {
+    context.report(node, msg);
+  }
+
   return {
-    CallExpression(node) {
-      if (isCommonMustCall(node) &&
-          (isArgZero(node.arguments[0]) ||  //  catch common.mustCall(0)
-           isArgZero(node.arguments[1]))) { //  catch common.mustCall(fn, 0)
-        context.report(node, msg);
-      }
-    }
+    // Catch common.mustCall(0)
+    [arg0Selector]: report,
+
+    // Catch common.mustCall(fn, 0)
+    [arg1Selector]: report
   };
 };