1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/_stream_writable.js b/lib/_stream_writable.js
index 9efce66a3c..b6e621fd1e 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_writable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_writable.js
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ function decodeChunk(state, chunk, encoding) {
   if (!state.objectMode &&
       state.decodeStrings !== false &&
       typeof chunk === 'string') {
-    chunk = new Buffer(chunk, encoding);
+    chunk = Buffer.from(chunk, encoding);
   }
   return chunk;
 }