1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/internal/v8_prof_polyfill.js b/lib/internal/v8_prof_polyfill.js
index 755f8f0d65..145b09e345 100644
--- a/lib/internal/v8_prof_polyfill.js
+++ b/lib/internal/v8_prof_polyfill.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ try {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 const fd = fs.openSync(logFile, 'r');
-const buf = new Buffer(4096);
+const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(4096);
 const dec = new (require('string_decoder').StringDecoder)('utf-8');
 var line = '';
 versionCheck();