diff --git a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
index 9c28fecbdd8c4c..995fa01d11a1a8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ callbacks_called = [];
 
 e.on('foo', callback2);
 e.on('foo', callback3);
-assert.strictEqual(2, e.listeners('foo').length);
+assert.strictEqual(e.listeners('foo').length, 2);
 e.emit('foo');
 assert.deepStrictEqual(['callback2', 'callback3'], callbacks_called);
-assert.strictEqual(0, e.listeners('foo').length);
+assert.strictEqual(e.listeners('foo').length, 0);