diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index aa32d0db2810e8..8aeaffb8ec17c3 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ const {
   stringToFlags,
   stringToSymlinkType,
   toUnixTimestamp,
-  validateBuffer,
   validateOffsetLengthRead,
   validateOffsetLengthWrite,
   validatePath
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ const {
 const {
   isUint32,
   parseMode,
+  validateBuffer,
   validateInteger,
   validateInt32,
   validateUint32
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/certificate.js b/lib/internal/crypto/certificate.js
index 29372ca497c935..d828bef0f6ae2d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/certificate.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/certificate.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ const {
   certExportPublicKey,
   certVerifySpkac
 } = internalBinding('crypto');
+const {
+  validateBuffer
+} = require('internal/validators');
 
 const { ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const { isArrayBufferView } = require('internal/util/types');
@@ -14,13 +17,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/crypto/util');
 
 function verifySpkac(spkac) {
-  if (!isArrayBufferView(spkac)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
-      'spkac',
-      ['Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
-      spkac
-    );
-  }
+  validateBuffer(spkac, 'spkac');
   return certVerifySpkac(spkac);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 4a0c43a3937a6d..93c8fc0f889d88 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ const {
   stringToFlags,
   stringToSymlinkType,
   toUnixTimestamp,
-  validateBuffer,
   validateOffsetLengthRead,
   validateOffsetLengthWrite,
   validatePath
 } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const {
   parseMode,
+  validateBuffer,
   validateInteger,
   validateUint32
 } = require('internal/validators');
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index eacc4606619445..99e820d2944b69 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const {
   isUint8Array,
-  isArrayBufferView,
   isDate
 } = require('internal/util/types');
 const { once } = require('internal/util');
@@ -393,14 +392,6 @@ function toUnixTimestamp(time, name = 'time') {
   throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, ['Date', 'Time in seconds'], time);
 }
 
-const validateBuffer = hideStackFrames((buffer) => {
-  if (!isArrayBufferView(buffer)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('buffer',
-                                   ['Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
-                                   buffer);
-  }
-});
-
 const validateOffsetLengthRead = hideStackFrames(
   (offset, length, bufferLength) => {
     if (offset < 0 || offset >= bufferLength) {
@@ -453,7 +444,6 @@ module.exports = {
   stringToSymlinkType,
   Stats,
   toUnixTimestamp,
-  validateBuffer,
   validateOffsetLengthRead,
   validateOffsetLengthWrite,
   validatePath
diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index e4d937bf19c45e..3cc9c2820a1b09 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const {
     ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE
   }
 } = require('internal/errors');
+const {
+  isArrayBufferView
+} = require('internal/util/types');
 
 function isInt32(value) {
   return value === (value | 0);
@@ -107,10 +110,22 @@ function validateNumber(value, name) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, 'number', value);
 }
 
+// TODO(BridgeAR): We have multiple validation functions that call
+// `require('internal/utils').toBuf()` before validating for array buffer views.
+// Those should likely also be consolidated in here.
+const validateBuffer = hideStackFrames((buffer, name = 'buffer') => {
+  if (!isArrayBufferView(buffer)) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name,
+                                   ['Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
+                                   buffer);
+  }
+});
+
 module.exports = {
   isInt32,
   isUint32,
   parseMode,
+  validateBuffer,
   validateInteger,
   validateInt32,
   validateUint32,