diff --git a/benchmark/crypto/create-hash.js b/benchmark/crypto/create-hash.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..119534d5c24f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/crypto/create-hash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common.js');
+const { createHash } = require('crypto');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1e5],
+});
+
+function main({ n }) {
+  const array = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+    array.push(null);
+  }
+  bench.start();
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+    array[i] = createHash('sha1');
+  }
+  bench.end(n);
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof array[n - 1], 'object');
+}
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js b/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
index 57fcb63518d52d..4ed97034f612fb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const kState = Symbol('kState');
 const kFinalized = Symbol('kFinalized');
 
 function Hash(algorithm, options) {
-  if (!(this instanceof Hash))
+  if (!new.target)
     return new Hash(algorithm, options);
   if (!(algorithm instanceof _Hash))
     validateString(algorithm, 'algorithm');