diff --git a/src/encoding_binding.cc b/src/encoding_binding.cc
index a132eeb62306c6..885a0d072312e9 100644
--- a/src/encoding_binding.cc
+++ b/src/encoding_binding.cc
@@ -286,9 +286,11 @@ void BindingData::DecodeLatin1(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
         env->isolate(), "The encoded data was not valid for encoding latin1");
   }
 
-  Local<Object> buffer_result =
-      node::Buffer::Copy(env, result.c_str(), written).ToLocalChecked();
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(buffer_result);
+  Local<String> output =
+      String::NewFromUtf8(
+          env->isolate(), result.c_str(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal, written)
+          .ToLocalChecked();
+  args.GetReturnValue().Set(output);
 }
 
 }  // namespace encoding_binding
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_encoding_binding.cc b/test/cctest/test_encoding_binding.cc
index 06cc36d8f6ae34..d00f285800fa7e 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_encoding_binding.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_encoding_binding.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bool RunDecodeLatin1(Environment* env,
     return false;
   }
 
-  *result = try_catch.Exception();
+  *result = args[0];
   return true;
 }