diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process/serialization.js b/lib/internal/child_process/serialization.js
index 26facbcd47ae1c..f8b919ba300179 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process/serialization.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process/serialization.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const {
   JSONParse,
   JSONStringify,
   StringPrototypeSplit,
+  ArrayPrototypePush,
+  ReflectApply,
   Symbol,
   TypedArrayPrototypeSubarray,
 } = primordials;
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ const v8 = require('v8');
 const { isArrayBufferView } = require('internal/util/types');
 const assert = require('internal/assert');
 const { streamBaseState, kLastWriteWasAsync } = internalBinding('stream_wrap');
+const { readUInt32BE } = require('internal/buffer');
 
 const kMessageBuffer = Symbol('kMessageBuffer');
 const kMessageBufferSize = Symbol('kMessageBufferSize');
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ const advanced = {
   *parseChannelMessages(channel, readData) {
     if (readData.length === 0) return;
 
-    channel[kMessageBuffer].push(readData);
+    ArrayPrototypePush(channel[kMessageBuffer], readData);
     channel[kMessageBufferSize] += readData.length;
 
     // Index 0 should always be present because we just pushed data into it.
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ const advanced = {
     while (messageBufferHead.length >= 4) {
       // We call `readUInt32BE` manually here, because this is faster than first converting
       // it to a buffer and using `readUInt32BE` on that.
-      const fullMessageSize = Buffer.prototype.readUInt32BE.call(messageBufferHead, 0) + 4;
+      const fullMessageSize = ReflectApply(readUInt32BE, messageBufferHead, [0]) + 4;
 
       if (channel[kMessageBufferSize] < fullMessageSize) break;