diff --git a/src/node/src/protobuf_js_6_common.js b/src/node/src/protobuf_js_6_common.js
index 91a458aa20e..e2451b4be0a 100644
--- a/src/node/src/protobuf_js_6_common.js
+++ b/src/node/src/protobuf_js_6_common.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ exports.deserializeCls = function deserializeCls(cls, options) {
    * @return {cls} The resulting object
    */
   return function deserialize(arg_buf) {
-    return cls.decode(arg_buf).toObject(conversion_options);
+    return cls.toObject(cls.decode(arg_buf), conversion_options);
   };
 };