diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
index 55264c35e6f8a0..b9dbf794511528 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototypePush,
   ArrayPrototypeSlice,
   ArrayPrototypeSplice,
+  ArrayPrototypeUnshift,
   Boolean,
   Error,
   JSONParse,
@@ -1204,8 +1205,8 @@ Module._initPaths = function() {
   let paths = [path.resolve(prefixDir, 'lib', 'node')];
 
   if (homeDir) {
-    paths.unshift(path.resolve(homeDir, '.node_libraries'));
-    paths.unshift(path.resolve(homeDir, '.node_modules'));
+    ArrayPrototypeUnshift(paths, path.resolve(homeDir, '.node_libraries'));
+    ArrayPrototypeUnshift(paths, path.resolve(homeDir, '.node_modules'));
   }
 
   if (nodePath) {