diff --git a/src/node_buffer.cc b/src/node_buffer.cc
index dc67844553f64e..8bc8309ab63a1b 100644
--- a/src/node_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/node_buffer.cc
@@ -199,16 +199,21 @@ inline MUST_USE_RESULT bool ParseArrayIndex(Local<Value> arg,
 // Buffer methods
 
 bool HasInstance(Local<Value> val) {
-  return val->IsArrayBufferView();
+  return val->IsArrayBufferView() || val->IsArrayBuffer();
 }
 
 
 bool HasInstance(Local<Object> obj) {
-  return obj->IsArrayBufferView();
+  return obj->IsArrayBufferView() || obj->IsArrayBuffer();
 }
 
 
 char* Data(Local<Value> val) {
+  if (val->IsArrayBuffer()) {
+    Local<ArrayBuffer> ab = val.As<v8::ArrayBuffer>();
+    ArrayBuffer::Contents ab_c = ab->GetContents();
+    return static_cast<char*>(ab_c.Data());
+  }
   CHECK(val->IsArrayBufferView());
   Local<ArrayBufferView> ui = val.As<ArrayBufferView>();
   ArrayBuffer::Contents ab_c = ui->Buffer()->GetContents();
@@ -217,6 +222,11 @@ char* Data(Local<Value> val) {
 
 
 char* Data(Local<Object> obj) {
+  if (obj->IsArrayBuffer()) {
+    Local<ArrayBuffer> ab = obj.As<v8::ArrayBuffer>();
+    ArrayBuffer::Contents ab_c = ab->GetContents();
+    return static_cast<char*>(ab_c.Data());
+  }
   CHECK(obj->IsArrayBufferView());
   Local<ArrayBufferView> ui = obj.As<ArrayBufferView>();
   ArrayBuffer::Contents ab_c = ui->Buffer()->GetContents();
@@ -225,6 +235,11 @@ char* Data(Local<Object> obj) {
 
 
 size_t Length(Local<Value> val) {
+  if (val->IsArrayBuffer()) {
+    Local<ArrayBuffer> ab = val.As<v8::ArrayBuffer>();
+    ArrayBuffer::Contents ab_c = ab->GetContents();
+    return ab_c.ByteLength();
+  }
   CHECK(val->IsArrayBufferView());
   Local<ArrayBufferView> ui = val.As<ArrayBufferView>();
   return ui->ByteLength();
@@ -232,6 +247,11 @@ size_t Length(Local<Value> val) {
 
 
 size_t Length(Local<Object> obj) {
+  if (obj->IsArrayBuffer()) {
+    Local<ArrayBuffer> ab = obj.As<v8::ArrayBuffer>();
+    ArrayBuffer::Contents ab_c = ab->GetContents();
+    return ab_c.ByteLength();
+  }
   CHECK(obj->IsArrayBufferView());
   Local<ArrayBufferView> ui = obj.As<ArrayBufferView>();
   return ui->ByteLength();
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 08308d837fbf8b..8c52554dc83705 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -418,13 +418,21 @@ class BufferValue : public MaybeStackBuffer<char> {
   } while (0)
 
 #define SPREAD_BUFFER_ARG(val, name)                                          \
-  CHECK((val)->IsArrayBufferView());                                          \
-  v8::Local<v8::ArrayBufferView> name = (val).As<v8::ArrayBufferView>();      \
-  v8::ArrayBuffer::Contents name##_c = name->Buffer()->GetContents();         \
-  const size_t name##_offset = name->ByteOffset();                            \
-  const size_t name##_length = name->ByteLength();                            \
-  char* const name##_data =                                                   \
-      static_cast<char*>(name##_c.Data()) + name##_offset;                    \
+  size_t name##_length;                                                       \
+  char* name##_data;                                                          \
+  if ((val)->IsArrayBuffer()) {                                               \
+    v8::Local<v8::ArrayBuffer> name = (val).As<v8::ArrayBuffer>();            \
+    v8::ArrayBuffer::Contents name##_c = name->GetContents();                 \
+    name##_length = name##_c.ByteLength();                                    \
+    name##_data = static_cast<char*>(name##_c.Data());                        \
+  } else {                                                                    \
+    CHECK((val)->IsArrayBufferView());                                        \
+    v8::Local<v8::ArrayBufferView> name = (val).As<v8::ArrayBufferView>();    \
+    v8::ArrayBuffer::Contents name##_c = name->Buffer()->GetContents();       \
+    const size_t name##_offset = name->ByteOffset();                          \
+    name##_length = name->ByteLength();                                       \
+    name##_data = static_cast<char*>(name##_c.Data()) + name##_offset;        \
+  }                                                                           \
   if (name##_length > 0)                                                      \
     CHECK_NE(name##_data, nullptr);