1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-buffer-tostring-fail.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-buffer-tostring-fail.js
index 1276390aef..3a3f77c05b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-buffer-tostring-fail.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-buffer-tostring-fail.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const stream = fs.createWriteStream(file, {
 });
 
 const size = kStringMaxLength / 200;
-const a = new Buffer(size).fill('a');
+const a = Buffer.alloc(size, 'a');
 
 for (var i = 0; i < 201; i++) {
   stream.write(a);