diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index f2a61ab4134395..fc4eadb9b2cb19 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ rules:
   no-empty-character-class: 2
   no-ex-assign: 2
   no-extra-boolean-cast : 2
+  no-extra-parens: [2, "functions"]
   no-extra-semi: 2
   no-func-assign: 2
   no-invalid-regexp: 2
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 106ebf5cf06eae..618a856e195a32 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ checkAlignment(new Map(big_array.map(function(y) { return [y, null]; })));
 }
 
 {
-  const x = new (function() {});
+  const x = new function() {};
   assert.equal(util.inspect(x), '{}');
 }