diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 3afd1a84985781..eb913adcbf975b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ async function lchown(path, uid, gid) {
   if (O_SYMLINK !== undefined) {
     const fd = await open(path,
                           O_WRONLY | O_SYMLINK);
-    return fchmod(fd, uid, gid).finally(fd.close.bind(fd));
+    return fchown(fd, uid, gid).finally(fd.close.bind(fd));
   }
   throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED();
 }