diff --git a/benchmark/fs/bench-read.js b/benchmark/fs/bench-read.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ba58fee823f718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/fs/bench-read.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const tmpdir = require('../../test/common/tmpdir');
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+const bufferSize = 1024;
+const sectorSize = 512;
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  type: ['existing', 'non-existing'],
+  n: [1e4],
+});
+
+function main({ n, type }) {
+  let fd;
+
+  const tmpfile = { name: tmpdir.resolve(`.existing-file-${process.pid}`),
+                    len: bufferSize * n };
+
+
+  tmpfile.contents = Buffer.allocUnsafe(tmpfile.len);
+
+  for (let offset = 0; offset < tmpfile.len; offset += sectorSize) {
+    const fillByte = 256 * Math.random();
+    const nBytesToFill = Math.min(sectorSize, tmpfile.len - offset);
+    tmpfile.contents.fill(fillByte, offset, offset + nBytesToFill);
+  }
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(tmpfile.name, tmpfile.contents);
+
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'existing':
+      fd = fs.openSync(tmpfile.name, 'r', 0o666);
+      break;
+    case 'non-existing':
+      fd = 1 << 30;
+      break;
+    default:
+      new Error('Invalid type');
+  }
+
+  const buffer = Buffer.alloc(bufferSize);
+
+
+  let i = 0;
+  function readSome() {
+    if (i++ === n) {
+      bench.end(n);
+      if (type === 'existing') fs.closeSync(fd);
+    } else {
+      fs.read(fd, buffer, readSome);
+    }
+  }
+
+  bench.start();
+  readSome();
+}
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 618e48a2b892be..37721c1c93b877 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -595,6 +595,8 @@ function openAsBlob(path, options = kEmptyObject) {
  *   ) => any} callback
  * @returns {void}
  */
+
+const fsReadCallbackPool = [];
 function read(fd, buffer, offsetOrOptions, length, position, callback) {
   fd = getValidatedFd(fd);
 
@@ -660,13 +662,20 @@ function read(fd, buffer, offsetOrOptions, length, position, callback) {
     validatePosition(position, 'position', length);
   }
 
-  function wrapper(err, bytesRead) {
-    // Retain a reference to buffer so that it can't be GC'ed too soon.
-    callback(err, bytesRead || 0, buffer);
+  let req = fsReadCallbackPool.pop();
+  if (req == null) {
+    req = new FSReqCallback()
+    req.oncomplete = (err, bytesRead) => {
+      req.callback(err, bytesRead || 0, req.buffer);
+      req.callback = null;
+      req.buffer = null;
+      // TODO (fix): req.asyncReset something?
+      fsReadCallbackPool.push(req);
+    }
   }
 
-  const req = new FSReqCallback();
-  req.oncomplete = wrapper;
+  req.buffer = buffer;
+  req.callback = callback;
 
   binding.read(fd, buffer, offset, length, position, req);
 }