diff --git a/tests/end-to-end/event/user-error.phpt b/tests/end-to-end/event/user-error.phpt
index 7d01a1d13bc..17b8ae5edbd 100644
--- a/tests/end-to-end/event/user-error.phpt
+++ b/tests/end-to-end/event/user-error.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 The right events are emitted in the right order for a test that runs code which triggers E_USER_ERROR
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php declare(strict_types=1);
-if (!version_compare('8.4.0-dev', PHP_VERSION)) {
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.4.0-dev', '>=')) {
     print 'skip: PHP < 8.4 is required.';
 }
 --FILE--