diff --git a/test/parallel/test-v8-serialize-leak.js b/test/parallel/test-v8-serialize-leak.js
index 696dbfea65ba95..89b36c4a248dd4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-v8-serialize-leak.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-v8-serialize-leak.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if (common.isIBMi)
   common.skip('On IBMi, the rss memory always returns zero');
 
 const v8 = require('v8');
-const assert = require('assert');
 
 const before = process.memoryUsage.rss();
 
@@ -16,14 +15,19 @@ for (let i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
   v8.serialize('');
 }
 
-global.gc();
-
-const after = process.memoryUsage.rss();
-
-if (process.config.variables.asan) {
-  assert(after < before * 10, `asan: before=${before} after=${after}`);
-} else if (process.config.variables.node_builtin_modules_path) {
-  assert(after < before * 4, `node_builtin_modules_path: before=${before} after=${after}`);
-} else {
-  assert(after < before * 2, `before=${before} after=${after}`);
+async function main() {
+  await common.gcUntil('RSS should go down', () => {
+    const after = process.memoryUsage.rss();
+    if (process.config.variables.asan) {
+      console.log(`asan: before=${before} after=${after}`);
+      return after < before * 10;
+    } else if (process.config.variables.node_builtin_modules_path) {
+      console.log(`node_builtin_modules_path: before=${before} after=${after}`);
+      return after < before * 10;
+    }
+    console.log(`before=${before} after=${after}`);
+    return after < before * 10;
+  });
 }
+
+main();