diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-cleanup-handles.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-cleanup-handles.js
index 855e581eee5b3a..0ed3c747807b30 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-cleanup-handles.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-cleanup-handles.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+
 const assert = require('assert');
-const { Worker, isMainThread, parentPort } = require('worker_threads');
-const { Server } = require('net');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const { Server } = require('net');
+const { Worker, isMainThread, parentPort } = require('worker_threads');
 
 if (isMainThread) {
   const w = new Worker(__filename);
@@ -12,14 +13,13 @@ if (isMainThread) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof fd_, 'number');
     fd = fd_;
   }));
-  w.on('exit', common.mustCall((code) => {
+  w.on('exit', common.mustCall(() => {
     if (fd === -1) {
       // This happens when server sockets don’t have file descriptors,
       // i.e. on Windows.
       return;
     }
-    common.expectsError(() => fs.fstatSync(fd),
-                        { code: 'EBADF' });
+    assert.throws(() => fs.fstatSync(fd), { code: 'EBADF' });
   }));
 } else {
   const server = new Server();