diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-fd.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-fd.js
index ddb62799ace034..c28ab65140aa10 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-fd.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-fd.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ fs.writeFileSync(file, input);
 const fd = fs.openSync(file, 'r');
 const stream = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: fd, encoding: 'utf8' });
 
+assert.strictEqual(stream.path, undefined);
+
 stream.on('data', common.mustCallAtLeast((data) => {
   output += data;
 }));