diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-wrap-event-emmiter.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-wrap-event-emmiter.js
index b6ae9e2d5a7e99..871e6c9ae6834c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-wrap-event-emmiter.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-wrap-event-emmiter.js
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ const TlsSocket = require('tls').TLSSocket;
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 assert.throws(
   () => { new TlsSocket(new EventEmitter()); },
-  /^TypeError: (.+) is not a function$/
+  TypeError
 );