diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/random.js b/lib/internal/crypto/random.js
index ae4111bbb07e8d..dca43647a6635a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/random.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/random.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function randomFillSync(buf, offset = 0, size) {
 
   const job = new RandomBytesJob(
     kCryptoJobSync,
-    buf.buffer || buf,
+    buf,
     offset,
     size);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-randomfillsync-regression.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-randomfillsync-regression.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7a378642588d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-randomfillsync-regression.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const { randomFillSync } = require('crypto');
+const { notStrictEqual } = require('assert');
+
+const ab = new ArrayBuffer(20);
+const buf = Buffer.from(ab, 10);
+
+const before = buf.toString('hex');
+
+randomFillSync(buf);
+
+const after = buf.toString('hex');
+
+notStrictEqual(before, after);