diff --git a/test/node-api/node-api.status b/test/node-api/node-api.status
index be3a2761c414fc..9395bfe1f6bbe0 100644
--- a/test/node-api/node-api.status
+++ b/test/node-api/node-api.status
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ prefix node-api
 # sample-test                        : PASS,FLAKY
 
 [true] # This section applies to all platforms
-test_buffer/test_finalizer : PASS,FLAKY
 
 [$system==win32]
diff --git a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_finalizer.js b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_finalizer.js
index e9bdd53c6dff8e..372116bb3a05fc 100644
--- a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_finalizer.js
+++ b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_finalizer.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', common.mustCall((err) => {
       throw new Error('finalizer error');
     }));
   }
+  global.gc(true);
+  await tick(common.platformTimeout(100));
   global.gc();
-  await tick(10);
+  await tick(common.platformTimeout(100));
+  global.gc();
+  await tick(common.platformTimeout(100));
 })().then(common.mustCall());