diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-client-get-url.js b/test/parallel/test-https-client-get-url.js
index 56a6fe6d18641a..5d520416fe22da 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-https-client-get-url.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-client-get-url.js
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ const options = {
 };
 
 const server = https.createServer(options, common.mustCall((req, res) => {
-  assert.strictEqual('GET', req.method);
-  assert.strictEqual('/foo?bar', req.url);
+  assert.strictEqual(req.method, 'GET');
+  assert.strictEqual(req.url, '/foo?bar');
   res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
   res.write('hello\n');
   res.end();