diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
index 287834ab201e3d..118f2e43aab500 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for (const e of fileInfo) {
 for (const e of fileInfo) {
   fs.readFile(e.name, common.mustCall((err, buf) => {
     console.log(`Validating readFile on file ${e.name} of length ${e.len}`);
-    assert.ifError(err, 'An error occurred');
+    assert.ifError(err);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(buf, e.contents, 'Incorrect file contents');
   }));
 }