diff --git a/atom/common/api/lib/original-fs.coffee b/atom/common/api/lib/original-fs.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index e4e47f33120b..000000000000
--- a/atom/common/api/lib/original-fs.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-vm = require 'vm'
-
-# Execute the 'fs.js' and pass the 'exports' to it.
-source = '(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { ' +
-         process.binding('natives').originalFs +
-         '\n});'
-fn = vm.runInThisContext source, { filename: 'fs.js' }
-fn exports, require, module
diff --git a/atom/common/lib/asar_init.coffee b/atom/common/lib/asar_init.coffee
index 49efc902d9af..211c79ee9099 100644
--- a/atom/common/lib/asar_init.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/lib/asar_init.coffee
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ return (process, require, asarSource) ->
 
   # Make graceful-fs work with asar.
   source = process.binding 'natives'
-  source.originalFs = source.fs
-  source.fs = """
+  source['original-fs'] = source.fs
+  source['fs'] = """
     var src = '(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { ' +
-              process.binding('natives').originalFs +
+              process.binding('natives')['original-fs'] +
               ' });';
     var vm = require('vm');
     var fn = vm.runInThisContext(src, { filename: 'fs.js' });
diff --git a/filenames.gypi b/filenames.gypi
index cb5e37521134..adeb36466db5 100644
--- a/filenames.gypi
+++ b/filenames.gypi
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
       'atom/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee',
       'atom/common/api/lib/id-weak-map.coffee',
       'atom/common/api/lib/native-image.coffee',
-      'atom/common/api/lib/original-fs.coffee',
       'atom/common/api/lib/shell.coffee',
       'atom/common/lib/init.coffee',
       'atom/renderer/lib/chrome-api.coffee',
diff --git a/spec/asar-spec.coffee b/spec/asar-spec.coffee
index d78ab4360618..3ad706b69e5a 100644
--- a/spec/asar-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/asar-spec.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-assert = require 'assert'
-fs     = require 'fs'
-path   = require 'path'
+assert        = require 'assert'
+child_process = require 'child_process'
+fs            = require 'fs'
+path          = require 'path'
 
 describe 'asar package', ->
   fixtures = path.join __dirname, 'fixtures'
@@ -443,6 +444,13 @@ describe 'asar package', ->
       stats = originalFs.statSync file
       assert stats.isFile()
 
+    it 'is available in forked scripts', (done) ->
+      child = child_process.fork path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'original-fs.js')
+      child.on 'message', (msg) ->
+        assert.equal msg, 'object'
+        done()
+      child.send 'message'
+
   describe 'graceful-fs module', ->
     gfs = require 'graceful-fs'
 
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/module/original-fs.js b/spec/fixtures/module/original-fs.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90b6abcf9b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/module/original-fs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+process.on('message', function (msg) {
+  process.send(typeof require('original-fs'));
+});