diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
index 527cf235bddd21..05b5a275e3f455 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ const tests = [
       prompt, ...'const util = {}',
       'undefined\n',
       prompt, ...'ut', ...(prev ? [' // il', '\n// {}',
-                                   'il', '\n// {}'] : [' // il', 'il']),
+                                   'il', '\n// {}'] : ['il']),
       '{}\n',
       prompt,
     ],
@@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ const tests = [
       'undefined\n',
       prompt, ...'globalThis.util = {}',
       '{}\n',
-      prompt, ...'ut', ' // il', 'il',
+      prompt, ...'ut', ...(prev ? [' // il', '\n// {}',
+                                   'il', '\n// {}'] : ['il']),
       '{}\n',
       prompt, ...'Reflect.defineProperty(globalThis, "util", utilDesc)',
       'true\n',