diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
index d053b9323bc275..abc8a2014f0ea8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if (!common.isWindows && process.getuid() === 0) {
   try {
     process.setuid('nobody');
     hasWriteAccessForReadonlyFile = false;
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
   }
 }