1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 45d98de194..bd7a98694b 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ const {
 } = types;
 
 const {
-  isDeepStrictEqual
-} = require('internal/util/comparisons');
-
-const {
   customInspectSymbol,
   deprecate,
   getSystemErrorName: internalErrorName,
@@ -95,6 +91,7 @@ const dateToISOString = Date.prototype.toISOString;
 const errorToString = Error.prototype.toString;
 
 let CIRCULAR_ERROR_MESSAGE;
+let internalDeepEqual;
 
 /* eslint-disable */
 const strEscapeSequencesRegExp = /[\x00-\x1f\x27\x5c]/;
@@ -1261,7 +1258,13 @@ module.exports = exports = {
   isArray: Array.isArray,
   isBoolean,
   isBuffer,
-  isDeepStrictEqual,
+  isDeepStrictEqual(a, b) {
+    if (internalDeepEqual === undefined) {
+      internalDeepEqual = require('internal/util/comparisons')
+        .isDeepStrictEqual;
+    }
+    return internalDeepEqual(a, b);
+  },
   isNull,
   isNullOrUndefined,
   isNumber,