diff --git a/lib/internal/querystring.js b/lib/internal/querystring.js
index 2f8d77d3e9d2e7..c5dc0f63c7b30b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/querystring.js
+++ b/lib/internal/querystring.js
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ const hexTable = new Array(256);
 for (var i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
   hexTable[i] = '%' + ((i < 16 ? '0' : '') + i.toString(16)).toUpperCase();
 
+const isHexTable = [
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 0 - 15
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 16 - 31
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 32 - 47
+  1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 48 - 63
+  0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 64 - 79
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 80 - 95
+  0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 96 - 111
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 112 - 127
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 128 ...
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0  // ... 256
+];
+
 // Instantiating this is faster than explicitly calling `Object.create(null)`
 // to get a "clean" empty object (tested with v8 v4.9).
 function StorageObject() {}
@@ -11,5 +30,6 @@ StorageObject.prototype = Object.create(null);
 
 module.exports = {
   hexTable,
+  isHexTable,
   StorageObject
 };
diff --git a/lib/querystring.js b/lib/querystring.js
index 80e458420351d7..1533c8d87b7577 100644
--- a/lib/querystring.js
+++ b/lib/querystring.js
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
-const { StorageObject, hexTable } = require('internal/querystring');
+const {
+  StorageObject,
+  hexTable,
+  isHexTable
+} = require('internal/querystring');
 const QueryString = module.exports = {
   unescapeBuffer,
   // `unescape()` is a JS global, so we need to use a different local name
@@ -264,25 +268,6 @@ function stringify(obj, sep, eq, options) {
   return '';
 }
 
-const isHexTable = [
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 0 - 15
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 16 - 31
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 32 - 47
-  1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 48 - 63
-  0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 64 - 79
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 80 - 95
-  0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 96 - 111
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 112 - 127
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 128 ...
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0  // ... 256
-];
-
 function charCodes(str) {
   if (str.length === 0) return [];
   if (str.length === 1) return [str.charCodeAt(0)];