diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index e1e2591bfc448a..05989794958ab8 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -1463,8 +1463,8 @@ const posix = {
     // after any path separator we find
     let preDotState = 0;
     for (let i = path.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-      const code = StringPrototypeCharCodeAt(path, i);
-      if (code === CHAR_FORWARD_SLASH) {
+      const char = path[i];
+      if (char === '/') {
         // If we reached a path separator that was not part of a set of path
         // separators at the end of the string, stop now
         if (!matchedSlash) {
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ const posix = {
         matchedSlash = false;
         end = i + 1;
       }
-      if (code === CHAR_DOT) {
+      if (char === '.') {
         // If this is our first dot, mark it as the start of our extension
         if (startDot === -1)
           startDot = i;