diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index 7e87210a774..1178108842b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
+let eos;
 
 const {
   ERR_MISSING_ARGS,
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function destroyer(stream, reading, writing, callback) {
     closed = true;
   });
 
+  if (eos === undefined) eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
   eos(stream, { readable: reading, writable: writing }, (err) => {
     if (err) return callback(err);
     closed = true;