diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js b/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js
index 36d3f0a65244fe..8fcbf1a07f26ff 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-default-encoding.js
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ server.listen(0, function() {
 });
 
 process.on('exit', () => {
-  assert.strictEqual(expected, result);
+  assert.strictEqual(result, expected);
 });