diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js b/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js
index 68601cf5c388c7..ffdd85ccd60f60 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ class Utf8Stream extends EventEmitter {
       bufs.length === 0 ||
       lens[lens.length - 1] + data.length > this.#maxWrite
     ) {
-      ArrayPrototypePush(bufs, []);
+      ArrayPrototypePush(bufs, [data]);
       ArrayPrototypePush(lens, data.length);
     } else {
       ArrayPrototypePush(bufs[bufs.length - 1], data);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fastutf8stream-write-buffer.js b/test/parallel/test-fastutf8stream-write-buffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..421d140a01e9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fastutf8stream-write-buffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Regression test for buffer content mode: the first buffer of every
+// batch used to be dropped, corrupting the output and eventually
+// crashing in mergeBuf(). Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/58897
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const {
+  readFile,
+  Utf8Stream,
+} = require('node:fs');
+const { join } = require('node:path');
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+let fileCounter = 0;
+
+function getTempFile() {
+  return join(tmpdir.path, `fastutf8stream-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}-${fileCounter++}.log`);
+}
+
+runTests(false);
+runTests(true);
+
+function runTests(sync) {
+  {
+    // A single buffer write must end up in the file.
+    const dest = getTempFile();
+    const stream = new Utf8Stream({ dest, sync, contentMode: 'buffer' });
+
+    stream.on('ready', common.mustCall(() => {
+      assert.ok(stream.write(Buffer.from('hello world\n')));
+      stream.end();
+
+      stream.on('finish', common.mustCall(() => {
+        readFile(dest, 'utf8', common.mustSucceed((data) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(data, 'hello world\n');
+        }));
+      }));
+    }));
+  }
+
+  {
+    // Writes that exceed maxWrite start a new batch; data must survive
+    // the batch boundary and be written in order.
+    const dest = getTempFile();
+    const stream = new Utf8Stream({
+      dest,
+      sync,
+      contentMode: 'buffer',
+      minLength: 60,
+      maxWrite: 64,
+    });
+
+    stream.on('ready', common.mustCall(() => {
+      stream.write(Buffer.from('a'.repeat(40)));
+      stream.write(Buffer.from('b'.repeat(40)));
+      stream.write(Buffer.from('c'.repeat(40)));
+      stream.end();
+
+      stream.on('finish', common.mustCall(() => {
+        readFile(dest, 'utf8', common.mustSucceed((data) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            data,
+            'a'.repeat(40) + 'b'.repeat(40) + 'c'.repeat(40),
+          );
+        }));
+      }));
+    }));
+  }
+}