diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-net-stream.js
index 4690cf7c905e..a6ec4548ada6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-stream.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-stream.js
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ const server = net.createServer(function(socket) {
 });
 
 process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.strictEqual(server.connections, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(0, server.connections);
 });