diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 20651c75d2c331..83c341ac070d0f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -512,13 +512,12 @@ async function read(handle, bufferOrParams, offset, length, position) {
   let buffer = bufferOrParams;
   if (!isArrayBufferView(buffer)) {
     // This is fh.read(params)
-    bufferOrParams ??= ObjectCreate(null);
     ({
       buffer = Buffer.alloc(16384),
       offset = 0,
       length = buffer.byteLength - offset,
       position = null
-    } = bufferOrParams);
+    } = bufferOrParams ?? ObjectCreate(null));
 
     validateBuffer(buffer);
   }