diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/pbkdf2.js b/lib/internal/crypto/pbkdf2.js
index 7dd51e8f72881a..b6b61d35857628 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/pbkdf2.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/pbkdf2.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ const {
   ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK,
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const {
-  checkIsArrayBufferView,
   getDefaultEncoding,
+  validateArrayBufferView,
 } = require('internal/crypto/util');
 
 function pbkdf2(password, salt, iterations, keylen, digest, callback) {
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ function check(password, salt, iterations, keylen, digest, callback) {
     digest = 'sha1';
   }
 
-  password = checkIsArrayBufferView('password', password);
-  salt = checkIsArrayBufferView('salt', salt);
+  password = validateArrayBufferView(password, 'password');
+  salt = validateArrayBufferView(salt, 'salt');
   iterations = validateInt32(iterations, 'iterations', 0, INT_MAX);
   keylen = validateInt32(keylen, 'keylen', 0, INT_MAX);
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/scrypt.js b/lib/internal/crypto/scrypt.js
index a512af0f810bc3..fedf7f5b107b32 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/scrypt.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/scrypt.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ const {
   ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK,
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const {
-  checkIsArrayBufferView,
   getDefaultEncoding,
+  validateArrayBufferView,
 } = require('internal/crypto/util');
 
 const defaults = {
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ function check(password, salt, keylen, options, callback) {
   if (_scrypt === undefined)
     throw new ERR_CRYPTO_SCRYPT_NOT_SUPPORTED();
 
-  password = checkIsArrayBufferView('password', password);
-  salt = checkIsArrayBufferView(salt, 'salt');
+  password = validateArrayBufferView(password, 'password');
+  salt = validateArrayBufferView(salt, 'salt');
   keylen = validateInt32(keylen, 'keylen', 0, INT_MAX);
 
   let { N, r, p, maxmem } = defaults;
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js b/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js
index fa440eb6a3475c..b6f8ceb50186d1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/sig.js
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ const {
   RSA_PKCS1_PADDING
 } = process.binding('constants').crypto;
 const {
-  checkIsArrayBufferView,
   getDefaultEncoding,
-  toBuf
+  toBuf,
+  validateArrayBufferView,
 } = require('internal/crypto/util');
 const { Writable } = require('stream');
 const { inherits } = require('util');
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Sign.prototype._write = function _write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
 
 Sign.prototype.update = function update(data, encoding) {
   encoding = encoding || getDefaultEncoding();
-  data = checkIsArrayBufferView('data', toBuf(data, encoding));
+  data = validateArrayBufferView(toBuf(data, encoding),
+                                 'data');
   this._handle.update(data);
   return this;
 };
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ Sign.prototype.sign = function sign(options, encoding) {
 
   var pssSaltLength = getSaltLength(options);
 
-  key = checkIsArrayBufferView('key', key);
+  key = validateArrayBufferView(key, 'key');
 
   var ret = this._handle.sign(key, passphrase, rsaPadding, pssSaltLength);
 
@@ -114,10 +115,10 @@ Verify.prototype.verify = function verify(options, signature, sigEncoding) {
 
   var pssSaltLength = getSaltLength(options);
 
-  key = checkIsArrayBufferView('key', key);
+  key = validateArrayBufferView(key, 'key');
 
-  signature = checkIsArrayBufferView('signature',
-                                     toBuf(signature, sigEncoding));
+  signature = validateArrayBufferView(toBuf(signature, sigEncoding),
+                                      'signature');
 
   return this._handle.verify(key, signature, rsaPadding, pssSaltLength);
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/util.js b/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
index e2cd810a011bfa..32c9eb7f6a12b6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function timingSafeEqual(buf1, buf2) {
   return _timingSafeEqual(buf1, buf2);
 }
 
-function checkIsArrayBufferView(name, buffer) {
+function validateArrayBufferView(buffer, name) {
   buffer = toBuf(buffer);
   if (!isArrayBufferView(buffer)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function checkIsArrayBufferView(name, buffer) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  checkIsArrayBufferView,
+  validateArrayBufferView,
   getCiphers,
   getCurves,
   getDefaultEncoding,