diff --git a/test/parallel/test-webcrypto-random.js b/test/parallel/test-webcrypto-random.js
index 1fe07123e542b9..73089fe7b49094 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-webcrypto-random.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-webcrypto-random.js
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ for (const ctor of intTypedConstructors) {
 
 {
   const buf = Buffer.alloc(10);
-  const before = Buffer.from(buf).toString('hex');
+  const before = buf.toString('hex');
   webcrypto.getRandomValues(buf);
-  const after = Buffer.from(buf).toString('hex');
+  const after = buf.toString('hex');
   assert.notStrictEqual(before, after);
 }