diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js b/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js
index 92b42412a82e92..1073b83d720098 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ const {
   RSA_PKCS1_PADDING
 } = process.binding('constants').crypto;
 const {
+  checkIsArrayBufferView,
   getDefaultEncoding,
   toBuf
 } = require('internal/crypto/util');
-const { isArrayBufferView } = require('internal/util/types');
 const { Writable } = require('stream');
 const { inherits } = require('util');
 
@@ -41,14 +41,7 @@ Sign.prototype._write = function _write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
 
 Sign.prototype.update = function update(data, encoding) {
   encoding = encoding || getDefaultEncoding();
-  data = toBuf(data, encoding);
-  if (!isArrayBufferView(data)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
-      'data',
-      ['string', 'Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
-      data
-    );
-  }
+  data = checkIsArrayBufferView('data', toBuf(data, encoding));
   this._handle.update(data);
   return this;
 };
@@ -84,14 +77,7 @@ Sign.prototype.sign = function sign(options, encoding) {
 
   var pssSaltLength = getSaltLength(options);
 
-  key = toBuf(key);
-  if (!isArrayBufferView(key)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
-      'key',
-      ['string', 'Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
-      key
-    );
-  }
+  key = checkIsArrayBufferView('key', toBuf(key));
 
   var ret = this._handle.sign(key, passphrase, rsaPadding, pssSaltLength);
 
@@ -128,23 +114,10 @@ Verify.prototype.verify = function verify(options, signature, sigEncoding) {
 
   var pssSaltLength = getSaltLength(options);
 
-  key = toBuf(key);
-  if (!isArrayBufferView(key)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
-      'key',
-      ['string', 'Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
-      key
-    );
-  }
+  key = checkIsArrayBufferView('key', toBuf(key));
 
-  signature = toBuf(signature, sigEncoding);
-  if (!isArrayBufferView(signature)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
-      'signature',
-      ['string', 'Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
-      signature
-    );
-  }
+  signature = checkIsArrayBufferView('signature',
+                                     toBuf(signature, sigEncoding));
 
   return this._handle.verify(key, signature, rsaPadding, pssSaltLength);
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/util.js b/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
index 095ca0478bd99f..59a5d57a1e4f39 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
@@ -83,7 +83,19 @@ function timingSafeEqual(buf1, buf2) {
   return _timingSafeEqual(buf1, buf2);
 }
 
+function checkIsArrayBufferView(name, buffer) {
+  if (!isArrayBufferView(buffer)) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+      name,
+      ['string', 'Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
+      buffer
+    );
+  }
+  return buffer;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
+  checkIsArrayBufferView,
   getCiphers,
   getCurves,
   getDefaultEncoding,