diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
index b44393898331ed..76af0e14635be0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
@@ -6,18 +6,13 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const dgram = require('dgram');
 const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 
-const timer = setTimeout(function() {
-  throw new Error('Timeout');
-}, common.platformTimeout(200));
-
 const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(256);
 const offset = 20;
 const len = buf.length - offset;
 
 const messageSent = common.mustCall(function messageSent(err, bytes) {
-  assert.notEqual(bytes, buf.length);
-  assert.equal(bytes, buf.length - offset);
-  clearTimeout(timer);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(bytes, buf.length);
+  assert.strictEqual(bytes, buf.length - offset);
   client.close();
 });