diff --git a/test/parallel/test-memory-usage-emfile.js b/test/parallel/test-memory-usage-emfile.js
index f8d1fc90da7aec..98496e17b099d2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-memory-usage-emfile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-memory-usage-emfile.js
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ while (files.length < 256)
   files.push(fs.openSync(__filename, 'r'));
 
 const r = process.memoryUsage();
-assert.strictEqual(true, r.rss > 0);
+assert.strictEqual(r.rss > 0, true);