diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare-offset.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare-offset.js
index 7f3121bef17ab5..7de1c783d0c1c4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare-offset.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare-offset.js
@@ -6,56 +6,56 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const a = Buffer.from([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0]);
 const b = Buffer.from([5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
 
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b), -1);
 
 // Equivalent to a.compare(b).
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, 0));
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, '0'));
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, undefined));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0), -1);
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, '0'), -1);
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, undefined), -1);
 
 // Equivalent to a.compare(b).
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, 0, undefined, 0));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, undefined, 0), -1);
 
 // Zero-length target, return 1
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, 0, 0, 0));
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, '0', '0', '0'));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, 0, 0), 1);
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, '0', '0', '0'), 1);
 
 // Equivalent to Buffer.compare(a, b.slice(6, 10))
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, 6, 10));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 6, 10), 1);
 
 // Zero-length source, return -1
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, 6, 10, 0, 0));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 6, 10, 0, 0), -1);
 
 // Zero-length source and target, return 0
-assert.strictEqual(0, a.compare(b, 0, 0, 0, 0));
-assert.strictEqual(0, a.compare(b, 1, 1, 2, 2));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, 0, 0, 0), 0);
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 1, 1, 2, 2), 0);
 
 // Equivalent to Buffer.compare(a.slice(4), b.slice(0, 5))
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, 0, 5, 4));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, 5, 4), 1);
 
 // Equivalent to Buffer.compare(a.slice(1), b.slice(5))
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, 5, undefined, 1));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 5, undefined, 1), 1);
 
 // Equivalent to Buffer.compare(a.slice(2), b.slice(2, 4))
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, 2, 4, 2));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 2, 4, 2), -1);
 
 // Equivalent to Buffer.compare(a.slice(4), b.slice(0, 7))
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, 0, 7, 4));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, 7, 4), -1);
 
 // Equivalent to Buffer.compare(a.slice(4, 6), b.slice(0, 7));
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, 0, 7, 4, 6));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, 7, 4, 6), -1);
 
 // zero length target
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, 0, null));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, null), 1);
 
 // coerces to targetEnd == 5
-assert.strictEqual(-1, a.compare(b, 0, { valueOf: () => 5 }));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, 0, { valueOf: () => 5 }), -1);
 
 // zero length target
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, Infinity, -Infinity));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, Infinity, -Infinity), 1);
 
 // zero length target because default for targetEnd <= targetSource
-assert.strictEqual(1, a.compare(b, '0xff'));
+assert.strictEqual(a.compare(b, '0xff'), 1);
 
 const oor = common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_INDEX_OUT_OF_RANGE' }, 7);