diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index c82f8270dd9066..9e3a49e676a12b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const kWriteFileMaxChunkSize = 2 ** 14;
 
 const {
+  ArrayPrototypePush,
   Error,
   MathMax,
   MathMin,
@@ -293,24 +294,46 @@ async function readFileHandle(filehandle, options) {
   if (size > kIoMaxLength)
     throw new ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE(size);
 
-  const chunks = [];
-  const chunkSize = size === 0 ?
-    kReadFileMaxChunkSize :
-    MathMin(size, kReadFileMaxChunkSize);
   let endOfFile = false;
+  let totalRead = 0;
+  const noSize = size === 0;
+  const buffers = [];
+  const fullBuffer = noSize ? undefined : Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size);
   do {
     if (signal && signal.aborted) {
       throw lazyDOMException('The operation was aborted', 'AbortError');
     }
-    const buf = Buffer.alloc(chunkSize);
-    const { bytesRead, buffer } =
-      await read(filehandle, buf, 0, chunkSize, -1);
-    endOfFile = bytesRead === 0;
-    if (bytesRead > 0)
-      chunks.push(buffer.slice(0, bytesRead));
+    let buffer;
+    let offset;
+    let length;
+    if (noSize) {
+      buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(kReadFileUnknownBufferLength);
+      offset = 0;
+      length = kReadFileUnknownBufferLength;
+    } else {
+      buffer = fullBuffer;
+      offset = totalRead;
+      length = MathMin(size - totalRead, kReadFileBufferLength);
+    }
+
+    const bytesRead = (await binding.read(filehandle.fd, buffer, offset,
+                                          length, -1, kUsePromises)) || 0;
+    totalRead += bytesRead;
+    endOfFile = bytesRead === 0 || totalRead === size;
+    if (noSize && bytesRead > 0) {
+      const isBufferFull = bytesRead === kReadFileUnknownBufferLength;
+      const chunkBuffer = isBufferFull ? buffer : buffer.slice(0, bytesRead);
+      ArrayPrototypePush(buffers, chunkBuffer);
+    }
   } while (!endOfFile);
 
-  const result = chunks.length === 1 ? chunks[0] : Buffer.concat(chunks);
+  let result;
+  if (size > 0) {
+    result = totalRead === size ? fullBuffer : fullBuffer.slice(0, totalRead);
+  } else {
+    result = buffers.length === 1 ? buffers[0] : Buffer.concat(buffers,
+                                                               totalRead);
+  }
 
   return options.encoding ? result.toString(options.encoding) : result;
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
index 367391244eace9..3a178f7f37ff25 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const {
   open,
   readFile,
   writeFile,
-  truncate
+  truncate,
 } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ async function doReadAndCancel() {
     await assert.rejects(readFile(fileHandle, { signal }), {
       name: 'AbortError'
     });
+    await fileHandle.close();
   }
 
   // Signal aborted on first tick
@@ -75,10 +76,11 @@ async function doReadAndCancel() {
     fs.writeFileSync(filePathForHandle, buffer);
     const controller = new AbortController();
     const { signal } = controller;
-    tick(1, () => controller.abort());
+    process.nextTick(() => controller.abort());
     await assert.rejects(readFile(fileHandle, { signal }), {
       name: 'AbortError'
-    });
+    }, 'tick-0');
+    await fileHandle.close();
   }
 
   // Signal aborted right before buffer read
@@ -91,10 +93,12 @@ async function doReadAndCancel() {
 
     const controller = new AbortController();
     const { signal } = controller;
-    tick(2, () => controller.abort());
+    tick(1, () => controller.abort());
     await assert.rejects(fileHandle.readFile({ signal, encoding: 'utf8' }), {
       name: 'AbortError'
-    });
+    }, 'tick-1');
+
+    await fileHandle.close();
   }
 
   // Validate file size is within range for reading
@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@ async function doReadAndCancel() {
       name: 'RangeError',
       code: 'ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE'
     });
+    await fileHandle.close();
   }
 }