diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
index 6ea57180514557..652d6b1b924cea 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {
   Array,
   FunctionPrototypeBind,
   MathMin,
+  MathMax,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
   PromisePrototypeThen,
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
   // A little bit bigger buffer and water marks by default
   options = copyObject(getOptions(options, {}));
   if (options.highWaterMark === undefined)
-    options.highWaterMark = Math.max(Buffer.poolSize, 64 * 1024);
+    options.highWaterMark = MathMax(Buffer.poolSize, 64 * 1024);
 
   if (options.autoDestroy === undefined) {
     options.autoDestroy = false;