diff --git a/lib/internal/perf/nodetiming.js b/lib/internal/perf/nodetiming.js
index a9e0c3f252ce..5de5e3e6644f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/perf/nodetiming.js
+++ b/lib/internal/perf/nodetiming.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const {
   },
   loopIdleTime,
   uvMetricsInfo,
+  uvMetricsBuffer,
 } = internalBinding('performance');
 
 class PerformanceNodeTiming {
@@ -129,11 +130,11 @@ class PerformanceNodeTiming {
         enumerable: true,
         configurable: true,
         get: () => {
-          const metrics = uvMetricsInfo();
+          uvMetricsInfo();
           return {
-            loopCount: metrics[0],
-            events: metrics[1],
-            eventsWaiting: metrics[2],
+            loopCount: uvMetricsBuffer[0],
+            events: uvMetricsBuffer[1],
+            eventsWaiting: uvMetricsBuffer[2],
           };
         },
       },
diff --git a/src/node_perf.cc b/src/node_perf.cc
index 177c2a789854..75a62b89a534 100644
--- a/src/node_perf.cc
+++ b/src/node_perf.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 namespace node {
 namespace performance {
 
-using v8::Array;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::DontDelete;
 using v8::Function;
@@ -57,7 +56,12 @@ PerformanceState::PerformanceState(Isolate* isolate,
                 offsetof(performance_state_internal, observers),
                 NODE_PERFORMANCE_ENTRY_TYPE_INVALID,
                 root,
-                MAYBE_FIELD_PTR(info, observers)) {
+                MAYBE_FIELD_PTR(info, observers)),
+      uv_metrics(isolate,
+                 offsetof(performance_state_internal, uv_metrics),
+                 3,
+                 root,
+                 MAYBE_FIELD_PTR(info, uv_metrics)) {
   if (info == nullptr) {
     // For performance states initialized from scratch, reset
     // all the milestones and initialize the time origin.
@@ -81,9 +85,15 @@ PerformanceState::SerializeInfo PerformanceState::Serialize(
   // We'll re-initialize them after deserialization.
   ResetMilestones();
 
+  // Do not retain runtime metrics in the snapshot.
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < uv_metrics.Length(); ++i) {
+    uv_metrics[i] = 0;
+  }
+
   SerializeInfo info{root.Serialize(context, creator),
                      milestones.Serialize(context, creator),
-                     observers.Serialize(context, creator)};
+                     observers.Serialize(context, creator),
+                     uv_metrics.Serialize(context, creator)};
   return info;
 }
 
@@ -105,6 +115,7 @@ void PerformanceState::Deserialize(v8::Local<v8::Context> context,
   root.Deserialize(context);
   milestones.Deserialize(context);
   observers.Deserialize(context);
+  uv_metrics.Deserialize(context);
 
   // Re-initialize the time origin and timestamp i.e. the process start time.
   Initialize(time_origin, time_origin_timestamp);
@@ -116,6 +127,7 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o,
     << "  " << i.root << ",  // root\n"
     << "  " << i.milestones << ",  // milestones\n"
     << "  " << i.observers << ",  // observers\n"
+    << "  " << i.uv_metrics << ",  // uv_metrics\n"
     << "}";
   return o;
 }
@@ -265,17 +277,13 @@ void LoopIdleTime(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 
 void UvMetricsInfo(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
-  Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
   uv_metrics_t metrics;
   // uv_metrics_info always return 0
   CHECK_EQ(uv_metrics_info(env->event_loop(), &metrics), 0);
-  Local<Value> data[] = {
-      Integer::New(isolate, metrics.loop_count),
-      Integer::New(isolate, metrics.events),
-      Integer::New(isolate, metrics.events_waiting),
-  };
-  Local<Array> arr = Array::New(env->isolate(), data, arraysize(data));
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(arr);
+  AliasedInt32Array& buffer = env->performance_state()->uv_metrics;
+  buffer[0] = static_cast<int32_t>(metrics.loop_count);
+  buffer[1] = static_cast<int32_t>(metrics.events);
+  buffer[2] = static_cast<int32_t>(metrics.events_waiting);
 }
 
 void CreateELDHistogram(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
@@ -366,6 +374,11 @@ void CreatePerContextProperties(Local<Object> target,
   target->Set(context,
               FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "milestones"),
               state->milestones.GetJSArray()).Check();
+  target
+      ->Set(context,
+            FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "uvMetricsBuffer"),
+            state->uv_metrics.GetJSArray())
+      .Check();
 
   Local<Object> constants = Object::New(isolate);
 
diff --git a/src/node_perf_common.h b/src/node_perf_common.h
index 01e7f35241ac..aa84ba55b08e 100644
--- a/src/node_perf_common.h
+++ b/src/node_perf_common.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class PerformanceState {
     AliasedBufferIndex root;
     AliasedBufferIndex milestones;
     AliasedBufferIndex observers;
+    AliasedBufferIndex uv_metrics;
   };
 
   explicit PerformanceState(v8::Isolate* isolate,
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ class PerformanceState {
   AliasedUint8Array root;
   AliasedFloat64Array milestones;
   AliasedUint32Array observers;
+  AliasedInt32Array uv_metrics;
 
   uint64_t performance_last_gc_start_mark = 0;
   uint16_t current_gc_type = 0;
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ class PerformanceState {
     // doubles first so that they are always sizeof(double)-aligned
     double milestones[NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_INVALID];
     uint32_t observers[NODE_PERFORMANCE_ENTRY_TYPE_INVALID];
+    int32_t uv_metrics[3];
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/node_snapshotable.cc b/src/node_snapshotable.cc
index e861e499534c..cb0938d49af7 100644
--- a/src/node_snapshotable.cc
+++ b/src/node_snapshotable.cc
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ size_t SnapshotSerializer::Write(const ImmediateInfo::SerializeInfo& data) {
 // [ 4/8 bytes ]  snapshot index of root
 // [ 4/8 bytes ]  snapshot index of milestones
 // [ 4/8 bytes ]  snapshot index of observers
+// [ 4/8 bytes ]  snapshot index of uv_metrics
 template <>
 performance::PerformanceState::SerializeInfo SnapshotDeserializer::Read() {
   Debug("Read<PerformanceState::SerializeInfo>()\n");
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ performance::PerformanceState::SerializeInfo SnapshotDeserializer::Read() {
   result.root = ReadArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>();
   result.milestones = ReadArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>();
   result.observers = ReadArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>();
+  result.uv_metrics = ReadArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>();
   if (is_debug) {
     std::string str = ToStr(result);
     Debug("Read<PerformanceState::SerializeInfo>() %s\n", str);
@@ -418,6 +420,7 @@ size_t SnapshotSerializer::Write(
   size_t written_total = WriteArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>(data.root);
   written_total += WriteArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>(data.milestones);
   written_total += WriteArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>(data.observers);
+  written_total += WriteArithmetic<AliasedBufferIndex>(data.uv_metrics);
 
   Debug("Write<PerformanceState::SerializeInfo>() wrote %d bytes\n",
         written_total);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-nodetiming-uvmetricsinfo.js b/test/fixtures/test-nodetiming-uvmetricsinfo.js
index 59b1cc8ebf11..038ca8b79904 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/test-nodetiming-uvmetricsinfo.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-nodetiming-uvmetricsinfo.js
@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@ function safeMetricsInfo(cb) {
     fs.open(__filename, 'r', (err) => {
       assert.ifError(err);
     });
+
+    const saved = { ...info };
+    safeMetricsInfo((nextInfo) => {
+      assert.notStrictEqual(nextInfo, info);
+      assert.ok(nextInfo.loopCount > saved.loopCount);
+      // Updating the shared buffer must not change earlier results.
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(info, saved);
+    });
   }
 
   safeMetricsInfo(openFile);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/typings/internalBinding/performance.d.ts b/typings/internalBinding/performance.d.ts
index fa9a3810fc7a..dc4d1e20c6b3 100644
--- a/typings/internalBinding/performance.d.ts
+++ b/typings/internalBinding/performance.d.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ export interface PerformanceBinding {
     samplePerIteration: boolean,
   ): InternalPerformanceBinding.ELDHistogram;
   markBootstrapComplete(): void;
-  uvMetricsInfo(): [number, number, number];
+  uvMetricsInfo(): void;
+  uvMetricsBuffer: Int32Array;
   now(): number;
 }