diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
index 6d295089e42c70..00cea085211d17 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function lazyTypes() {
   return _TYPES = require('internal/util/types');
 }
 
-const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const { extname, isAbsolute } = require('path');
 const {
   stripBOM,
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ function cjsPreparseModuleExports(filename) {
 
   let source;
   try {
-    source = readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
+    source = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
   } catch {}
 
   let exports, reexports;