diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
index 280c42b5098d80..4a0bfed2aa0fdb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const {
   maybeCacheSourceMap,
   rekeySourceMap
 } = require('internal/source_map/source_map_cache');
-const { pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath, URL } = require('internal/url');
+const { pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath, isURLInstance } = require('internal/url');
 const { deprecate } = require('internal/util');
 const vm = require('vm');
 const assert = require('internal/assert');
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ const createRequireError = 'must be a file URL object, file URL string, or ' +
 function createRequire(filename) {
   let filepath;
 
-  if (filename instanceof URL ||
+  if (isURLInstance(filename) ||
       (typeof filename === 'string' && !path.isAbsolute(filename))) {
     try {
       filepath = fileURLToPath(filename);