diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index 43b5b43fc77a5e..ec4c9d363187ba 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -521,11 +521,7 @@ function onEofChunk(stream, state) {
     state.emittedReadable = true;
     // We have to emit readable now that we are EOF. Modules
     // in the ecosystem (e.g. dicer) rely on this event being sync.
-    if (state.ended) {
-      emitReadable_(stream);
-    } else {
-      process.nextTick(emitReadable_, stream);
-    }
+    emitReadable_(stream);
   }
 }