diff --git a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js
index 4860417dd29bc5..4d9df25d4cd2ac 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ file
   .on('open', function(fd) {
     console.error('open!');
     callbacks.open++;
-    assert.strictEqual('number', typeof fd);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof fd, 'number');
   })
   .on('error', function(err) {
     throw err;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ for (let i = 0; i < 11; i++) {
 
 process.on('exit', function() {
   for (const k in callbacks) {
-    assert.strictEqual(0, callbacks[k], `${k} count off by ${callbacks[k]}`);
+    assert.strictEqual(callbacks[k], 0, `${k} count off by ${callbacks[k]}`);
   }
   console.log('ok');
 });