diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-sigint-nested-eval.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-sigint-nested-eval.js
index 28e4d44b235cde..acf21a0abbc524 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-sigint-nested-eval.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-sigint-nested-eval.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ child.stdout.on('data', function(c) {
 
 child.stdout.once('data', common.mustCall(() => {
   process.on('SIGUSR2', common.mustCall(() => {
-    process.kill(child.pid, 'SIGINT');
+    setTimeout(() => { process.kill(child.pid, 'SIGINT'); }, 10);
     child.stdout.once('data', common.mustCall(() => {
       // Make sure REPL still works.
       child.stdin.end('"foobar"\n');