diff --git a/lib/common/asar.js b/lib/common/asar.js
index 1b9a993a2e67a0..20385da135967d 100644
--- a/lib/common/asar.js
+++ b/lib/common/asar.js
@@ -590,11 +590,11 @@
       return files
     }
 
-    const {internalModuleReadFile} = process.binding('fs')
-    process.binding('fs').internalModuleReadFile = function (p) {
+    const {internalModuleReadJSON} = process.binding('fs')
+    process.binding('fs').internalModuleReadJSON = function (p) {
       const [isAsar, asarPath, filePath] = splitPath(p)
       if (!isAsar) {
-        return internalModuleReadFile(p)
+        return internalModuleReadJSON(p)
       }
       const archive = getOrCreateArchive(asarPath)
       if (!archive) {