diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index bfd9bd3d127404..7c4d4a706f4f32 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function finalizeResolution(resolved, base, preserveSymlinks) {
 
   const stats = internalFsBinding.internalModuleStat(
     internalFsBinding,
-    StringPrototypeEndsWith(internalFsBinding, path, '/') ? StringPrototypeSlice(path, -1) : path,
+    StringPrototypeEndsWith(path, '/') ? StringPrototypeSlice(path, -1) : path,
   );
 
   // Check for stats.isDirectory()