diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index aadac2ed288..23963828c0c 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ function setupChannel(target, channel) {
       var obj = handleConversion[message.type];
 
       // convert TCP object to native handle object
-      handle = handleConversion[message.type].send.apply(target, arguments);
+      handle =
+          handleConversion[message.type].send.call(target, message, handle);
 
       // If handle was sent twice, or it is impossible to get native handle
       // out of it - just send a text without the handle.
diff --git a/lib/cluster.js b/lib/cluster.js
index 0914546b9ee..c994f433b96 100644
--- a/lib/cluster.js
+++ b/lib/cluster.js
@@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ function sendHelper(proc, message, handle, cb) {
 // to the callback but intercepts and redirects ACK messages.
 function internal(worker, cb) {
   return function(message, handle) {
+    'use strict';
+
     if (message.cmd !== 'NODE_CLUSTER') return;
     var fn = cb;
     if (!util.isUndefined(message.ack)) {
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index c2f320d75ad..ddace957b42 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -604,9 +604,10 @@ Socket.prototype.__defineGetter__('localPort', function() {
 
 
 Socket.prototype.write = function(chunk, encoding, cb) {
+  'use strict';
   if (!util.isString(chunk) && !util.isBuffer(chunk))
     throw new TypeError('invalid data');
-  return stream.Duplex.prototype.write.call(this, chunk, encoding, cb);
+  return stream.Duplex.prototype.write.apply(this, arguments);
 };