diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js b/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js
index 80e0bacf29df7c..c4d8c64b3dd041 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 const stream = require('stream');
 const util = require('util');
-const crypto = require('crypto');
+
+const {
+  getDefaultEncoding
+} = require('internal/crypto/util');
 
 module.exports = LazyTransform;
 
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ function makeGetter(name) {
     this._writableState.decodeStrings = false;
 
     if (!this._options || !this._options.defaultEncoding) {
-      this._writableState.defaultEncoding = crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING;
+      this._writableState.defaultEncoding = getDefaultEncoding();
     }
 
     return this[name];