diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a086fc7fcf6636..01fea35069a42e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -446,8 +446,6 @@ For information about the governance of the Node.js project, see
   **Rich Trott** <<rtrott@gmail.com>> (he/him)
 * [vdeturckheim](https://github.com/vdeturckheim) -
   **Vladimir de Turckheim** <<vlad2t@hotmail.com>> (he/him)
-* [vitpavlenko](https://github.com/vitpavlenko) -
-  **Vitaliy Pavlenko** <<vitaliypavlenko01@gmail.com>> (he/him)
 * [VoltrexKeyva](https://github.com/VoltrexKeyva) -
   **Mohammed Keyvanzadeh** <<mohammadkeyvanzade94@gmail.com>> (he/him)
 * [watilde](https://github.com/watilde) -
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js b/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js
index 1ffd4c10e27f4e..5c87a2f8ccc8cb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const validateInputEncoding = (encoding) => {
 function getDecoder(decoder, encoding) {
   const normilizedEncoding = normalizeAndValidateEncoding(encoding);
 
-  decoder = decoder || new StringDecoder(normilizedEncoding);
+  decoder ||= new StringDecoder(normilizedEncoding);
   assert(decoder.encoding === normilizedEncoding, 'Cannot change encoding');
   return decoder;
 }