diff --git a/benchmark/fs/bench-stat-promise.js b/benchmark/fs/bench-stat-promise.js
index b0317455728b46..96c7058fa6218a 100644
--- a/benchmark/fs/bench-stat-promise.js
+++ b/benchmark/fs/bench-stat-promise.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
-const fsPromises = require('fs/promises');
+const fsPromises = require('fs').promises;
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   n: [20e4],
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index bace6d94836c23..30d6729d48c13d 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -3382,9 +3382,9 @@ Synchronous versions of [`fs.write()`][]. Returns the number of bytes written.
 
 > Stability: 1 - Experimental
 
-The `fs/promises` API provides an alternative set of asynchronous file system
+The `fs.promises` API provides an alternative set of asynchronous file system
 methods that return `Promise` objects rather than using callbacks. The
-API is accessible via `require('fs/promises')`.
+API is accessible via `require('fs').promises`.
 
 ### class: FileHandle
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 1bcb58a9124f96..e9d878803ddffd 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ const { Readable, Writable } = require('stream');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const { FSReqWrap, statValues, kFsStatsFieldsLength } = binding;
 const { FSEvent } = process.binding('fs_event_wrap');
-const internalFS = require('internal/fs');
+const promises = require('internal/fs/promises');
+const internalFS = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const { getPathFromURL } = require('internal/url');
 const internalUtil = require('internal/util');
 const {
@@ -72,6 +73,21 @@ const {
   CHAR_BACKWARD_SLASH,
 } = require('internal/constants');
 
+let warn = true;
+
+Object.defineProperty(fs, 'promises', {
+  configurable: true,
+  enumerable: true,
+  get() {
+    if (warn) {
+      warn = false;
+      process.emitWarning('The fs.promises API is experimental',
+                          'ExperimentalWarning');
+    }
+    return promises;
+  }
+});
+
 Object.defineProperty(exports, 'constants', {
   configurable: false,
   enumerable: true,
diff --git a/lib/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
similarity index 99%
rename from lib/fs/promises.js
rename to lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index ba6c2b7aa64855..b5543c79928751 100644
--- a/lib/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-process.emitWarning('The fs/promises API is experimental',
-                    'ExperimentalWarning');
-
 const {
   F_OK,
   O_SYMLINK,
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ const {
   validateOffsetLengthWrite,
   validatePath,
   validateUint32
-} = require('internal/fs');
+} = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const pathModule = require('path');
 
 const kHandle = Symbol('handle');
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/internal/fs.js
rename to lib/internal/fs/utils.js
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
index 652378ad5782fb..85ab3ab1443ded 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const { getURLFromFilePath } = require('internal/url');
 const vm = require('vm');
 const assert = require('assert').ok;
 const fs = require('fs');
-const internalFS = require('internal/fs');
+const internalFS = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const path = require('path');
 const {
   internalModuleReadJSON,
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/default_resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/default_resolve.js
index 60516535e9ad03..48d3ef73fd86cd 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/default_resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/default_resolve.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { URL } = require('url');
 const CJSmodule = require('internal/modules/cjs/loader');
-const internalFS = require('internal/fs');
+const internalFS = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const { NativeModule, internalBinding } = require('internal/bootstrap/loaders');
 const { extname } = require('path');
 const { realpathSync } = require('fs');
diff --git a/lib/internal/process/stdio.js b/lib/internal/process/stdio.js
index 29aee7d09bdab9..75ede6a8e7e157 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/stdio.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/stdio.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function createWritableStdioStream(fd) {
       break;
 
     case 'FILE':
-      var fs = require('internal/fs');
+      var fs = require('internal/fs/utils');
       stream = new fs.SyncWriteStream(fd, { autoClose: false });
       stream._type = 'fs';
       break;
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 1d971d76a0a690..eb9c371c982c0f 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
       'lib/domain.js',
       'lib/events.js',
       'lib/fs.js',
-      'lib/fs/promises.js',
       'lib/http.js',
       'lib/http2.js',
       'lib/_http_agent.js',
@@ -103,7 +102,8 @@
       'lib/internal/errors.js',
       'lib/internal/fixed_queue.js',
       'lib/internal/freelist.js',
-      'lib/internal/fs.js',
+      'lib/internal/fs/promises.js',
+      'lib/internal/fs/utils.js',
       'lib/internal/http.js',
       'lib/internal/inspector_async_hook.js',
       'lib/internal/linkedlist.js',
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-filehandle.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-filehandle.js
index 8ddc11ec3e0e07..84b462aa90914d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-filehandle.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-filehandle.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = process.binding('fs');
-const { stringToFlags } = require('internal/fs');
+const { stringToFlags } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 
 // Verifies that the FileHandle object is garbage collected and that a
 // warning is emitted if it is not closed.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-open-flags.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-open-flags.js
index 7f70885861ffd1..546d68e31274f4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-open-flags.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-open-flags.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const O_DSYNC = fs.constants.O_DSYNC || 0;
 const O_TRUNC = fs.constants.O_TRUNC || 0;
 const O_WRONLY = fs.constants.O_WRONLY || 0;
 
-const { stringToFlags } = require('internal/fs');
+const { stringToFlags } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 
 assert.strictEqual(stringToFlags('r'), O_RDONLY);
 assert.strictEqual(stringToFlags('r+'), O_RDWR);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js
index 38336a2b43a57e..7766ac4c904642 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs/promises
+// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs.promises
 // FileHandle.appendFile method.
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const { open } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-chmod.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-chmod.js
index c2a44fba7bd32c..8b9d8b1c0d193d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-chmod.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-chmod.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs/promises
+// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs.promises
 // FileHandle.chmod method.
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const { open } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
index 5a9bc4558cf15f..a397b0e260aff4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs/promises
+// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs.promises
 // FileHandle.read method.
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const { open } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
index 9308c299092714..316fd6581fa446 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-readFile.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs/promises
+// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs.promises
 // FileHandle.readFile method.
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const { open } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-stat.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-stat.js
index 22b9c6476a29bb..7d44b8e3dae2b7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-stat.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-stat.js
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs/promises
+// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs.promises
 // FileHandle.stat method.
 
-const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const { open } = require('fs').promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-write.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-write.js
index b5c83a169021c2..d7812745c5439e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-write.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-write.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs/promises
+// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs.promises
 // FileHandle.read method.
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const { open } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-writeFile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-writeFile.js
index 196b6f8db8cd58..a53384cc221645 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-writeFile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-writeFile.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs/promises
+// The following tests validate base functionality for the fs.promises
 // FileHandle.readFile method.
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const { open } = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-readfile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-readfile.js
index 1bf49503c312c0..4334673c30f5fb 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-readfile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-readfile.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 
 const assert = require('assert');
 const path = require('path');
-const { writeFile, readFile } = require('fs/promises');
+const { writeFile, readFile } = require('fs').promises;
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-writefile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-writefile.js
index 280bce864229ce..1bb6945c6782da 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-writefile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-writefile.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const fsPromises = require('fs/promises');
+const fsPromises = fs.promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
index ba3a91d5b39f8a..43b5da700484ff 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const path = require('path');
-const fsPromises = require('fs/promises');
+const fsPromises = require('fs').promises;
 const {
   access,
   chmod,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-syncwritestream.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-syncwritestream.js
index a014277a6ba259..8fbe665a4047d0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-syncwritestream.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-syncwritestream.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ const stream = require('stream');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
-// require('internal/fs').SyncWriteStream is used as a stdio implementation
-// when stdout/stderr point to files.
+// require('internal/fs/utils').SyncWriteStream is used as a stdio
+// implementation when stdout/stderr point to files.
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   // Note: Calling console.log() is part of this test as it exercises the
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-internal-fs-syncwritestream.js b/test/parallel/test-internal-fs-syncwritestream.js
index c474d21cb43826..c751baf555d20f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-internal-fs-syncwritestream.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-internal-fs-syncwritestream.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const SyncWriteStream = require('internal/fs').SyncWriteStream;
+const SyncWriteStream = require('internal/fs/utils').SyncWriteStream;
 
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-internal-fs.js b/test/parallel/test-internal-fs.js
index 9bc0a98b099f75..2e47e2a3823a9c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-internal-fs.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-internal-fs.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
-const fs = require('internal/fs');
+const fs = require('internal/fs/utils');
 
 // Valid encodings and no args should not throw.
 fs.assertEncoding();
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-async-wrap-getasyncid.js b/test/sequential/test-async-wrap-getasyncid.js
index 64c4fd5cd8ab50..971296915ceecb 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-async-wrap-getasyncid.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-async-wrap-getasyncid.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const fsPromises = require('fs/promises');
+const fsPromises = fs.promises;
 const net = require('net');
 const providers = Object.assign({}, process.binding('async_wrap').Providers);
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');