diff --git a/lib/internal/per_context/primordials.js b/lib/internal/per_context/primordials.js
index c30451b05bdac2..358a3ffb1909ea 100644
--- a/lib/internal/per_context/primordials.js
+++ b/lib/internal/per_context/primordials.js
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ function copyPropsRenamed(src, dest, prefix) {
       ReflectDefineProperty(dest, name, desc);
       if (varargsMethods.includes(name)) {
         ReflectDefineProperty(dest, `${name}Apply`, {
+          // `src` is bound as the `this` so that the static `this` points
+          // to the object it was defined on,
+          // e.g.: `ArrayOfApply` gets a `this` of `Array`:
           value: applyBind(desc.value, src),
         });
       }
diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index a284cc8afcf0d0..bad4774a6a4162 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const {
   MathCeil,
   MathFloor,
   MathMax,
+  MathMaxApply,
   NumberIsFinite,
   NumberIsNaN,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ Interface.prototype._tabComplete = function(lastKeypressWasTab) {
     // Apply/show completions.
     const completionsWidth = ArrayPrototypeMap(completions,
                                                (e) => getStringWidth(e));
-    const width = MathMax(...completionsWidth) + 2; // 2 space padding
+    const width = MathMaxApply(completionsWidth) + 2; // 2 space padding
     let maxColumns = MathFloor(this.columns / width) || 1;
     if (maxColumns === Infinity) {
       maxColumns = 1;
diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index 7812f5169545d1..5fcd736f6652a1 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototypePush,
   Error,
   FunctionPrototypeBind,
-  MathMax,
+  MathMaxApply,
   NumberIsFinite,
   NumberIsNaN,
   ObjectDefineProperties,
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ function createConvenienceMethod(ctor, sync) {
   };
 }
 
-const kMaxBrotliParam = MathMax(...ArrayPrototypeMap(
+const kMaxBrotliParam = MathMaxApply(ArrayPrototypeMap(
   ObjectKeys(constants),
   (key) => (StringPrototypeStartsWith(key, 'BROTLI_PARAM_') ?
     constants[key] :
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-primordials-apply.js b/test/parallel/test-primordials-apply.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0901a87ba18777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-primordials-apply.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Flags: --expose-internals
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const {
+  ArrayOfApply,
+  ArrayPrototypePushApply,
+  ArrayPrototypeUnshiftApply,
+  MathMaxApply,
+  MathMinApply,
+  StringPrototypeConcatApply,
+  TypedArrayOfApply,
+} = require('internal/test/binding').primordials;
+
+{
+  const arr1 = [1, 2, 3];
+  const arr2 = ArrayOfApply(arr1);
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(arr2, arr1);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(arr2, arr1);
+}
+
+{
+  const array = [1, 2, 3];
+  const i32Array = TypedArrayOfApply(Int32Array, array);
+
+  assert(i32Array instanceof Int32Array);
+  assert.strictEqual(i32Array.length, array.length);
+  for (let i = 0, { length } = array; i < length; i++) {
+    assert.strictEqual(i32Array[i], array[i], `i32Array[${i}] === array[${i}]`);
+  }
+}
+
+{
+  const arr1 = [1, 2, 3];
+  const arr2 = [4, 5, 6];
+
+  const expected = [...arr1, ...arr2];
+
+  assert.strictEqual(ArrayPrototypePushApply(arr1, arr2), expected.length);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(arr1, expected);
+}
+
+{
+  const arr1 = [1, 2, 3];
+  const arr2 = [4, 5, 6];
+
+  const expected = [...arr2, ...arr1];
+
+  assert.strictEqual(ArrayPrototypeUnshiftApply(arr1, arr2), expected.length);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(arr1, expected);
+}
+
+{
+  const array = [1, 2, 3];
+  assert.strictEqual(MathMaxApply(array), 3);
+  assert.strictEqual(MathMinApply(array), 1);
+}
+
+{
+  let hint;
+  const obj = { [Symbol.toPrimitive](h) {
+    hint = h;
+    return '[object Object]';
+  } };
+
+  const args = ['foo ', obj, ' bar'];
+  const result = StringPrototypeConcatApply('', args);
+
+  assert.strictEqual(hint, 'string');
+  assert.strictEqual(result, 'foo [object Object] bar');
+}