diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index c93d89461ffa8a..960ea5492d5f8c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -188,11 +188,8 @@ async function readFileHandle(filehandle, options) {
   } while (!endOfFile);
 
   const result = Buffer.concat(chunks);
-  if (options.encoding) {
-    return result.toString(options.encoding);
-  } else {
-    return result;
-  }
+
+  return options.encoding ? result.toString(options.encoding) : result;
 }
 
 // All of the functions are defined as async in order to ensure that errors