diff --git a/lib/renderer/api/remote.js b/lib/renderer/api/remote.js
index a3a4443413d3..3cb99e5b9d65 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/api/remote.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/api/remote.js
@@ -161,10 +161,17 @@ const proxyFunctionProperties = function (remoteMemberFunction, metaId, name) {
     if (loaded) return
     loaded = true
     const meta = ipcRenderer.sendSync('ELECTRON_BROWSER_MEMBER_GET', metaId, name)
-    setObjectMembers(remoteMemberFunction, remoteMemberFunction, meta.id, meta.members)
+    if (Array.isArray(meta.members)) {
+      setObjectMembers(remoteMemberFunction, remoteMemberFunction, meta.id, meta.members)
+    }
   }
 
   return new Proxy(remoteMemberFunction, {
+    set: (target, property, value, receiver) => {
+      if (property !== 'ref') loadRemoteProperties()
+      target[property] = value
+      return true
+    },
     get: (target, property, receiver) => {
       if (!target.hasOwnProperty(property)) loadRemoteProperties()
       return target[property]
diff --git a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
index b13600160abb..eedab2b24b99 100644
--- a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ describe('ipc module', function () {
       assert.ok(Object.keys(a.foo).includes('bar'))
       assert.ok(Object.keys(a.foo).includes('nested'))
       assert.ok(Object.keys(a.foo).includes('method1'))
+
+      a = remote.require(path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'function-with-missing-properties.js')).setup()
+      assert.equal(a.bar(), true)
+      assert.equal(a.bar.baz, undefined)
     })
 
     it('should work with static class members', function () {
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/module/function-with-missing-properties.js b/spec/fixtures/module/function-with-missing-properties.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d247485a17b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/module/function-with-missing-properties.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+exports.setup = function () {
+  const foo = {}
+
+  foo.bar = function () {
+    return delete foo.bar.baz && delete foo.bar
+  }
+
+  foo.bar.baz = function () {
+    return 3
+  }
+
+  return foo
+}