diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-slice.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-slice.js
index 4cd5feb6885138..133d056b17b0c7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-slice.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-slice.js
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ assert.equal(buf.slice('0', '-111'), '');
 
 // try to slice a zero length Buffer
 // see https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/5881
-Buffer.alloc(0).slice(0, 1);
+assert.doesNotThrow(() => Buffer.alloc(0).slice(0, 1));
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.alloc(0).slice(0, 1).length, 0);
 
 {
   // Single argument slice