diff --git a/lib/internal/legacy/processbinding.js b/lib/internal/legacy/processbinding.js
index 3d48e3c9882e58..fd357643801ff0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/legacy/processbinding.js
+++ b/lib/internal/legacy/processbinding.js
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 const {
   ArrayPrototypeFilter,
   ArrayPrototypeIncludes,
+  ArrayPrototypeMap,
   ObjectFromEntries,
   ObjectEntries,
   SafeArrayIterator,
 } = primordials;
-const { types } = require('util');
+const types = require('internal/util/types');
 
-module.exports = {
+const factories = {
   util() {
     return ObjectFromEntries(new SafeArrayIterator(ArrayPrototypeFilter(
       ObjectEntries(types),
@@ -34,3 +35,17 @@ module.exports = {
       })));
   }
 };
+
+module.exports = ObjectFromEntries(
+  new SafeArrayIterator(
+    ArrayPrototypeMap(ObjectEntries(factories), ({ 0: key, 1: factory }) => {
+      let result;
+      return [key, () => {
+        if (!result) {
+          result = factory();
+        }
+        return result;
+      }];
+    }),
+  ),
+);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-binding-util.js b/test/parallel/test-process-binding-util.js
index d1e602de681cfa..b59f20ddffe8c5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-binding-util.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-binding-util.js
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ assert.deepStrictEqual(
 for (const k of Object.keys(utilBinding)) {
   assert.strictEqual(utilBinding[k], util.types[k]);
 }
+
+assert.strictEqual(utilBinding, process.binding('util'));