1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js
index 54e16bd387..65d0c446f6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-truncate.js
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var tmp = common.tmpDir;
 var filename = path.resolve(tmp, 'truncate-file.txt');
-var data = new Buffer(1024 * 16);
-data.fill('x');
+var data = Buffer.alloc(1024 * 16, 'x');
 
 common.refreshTmpDir();