diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir-rmdir.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir-rmdir.js
index 865a5dba951555..6ab2bfcd866837 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir-rmdir.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir-rmdir.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ fs.mkdir(d, 0o666, common.mustCall(function(err) {
   fs.mkdir(d, 0o666, common.mustCall(function(err) {
     assert.ok(err, 'got no error');
     assert.ok(/^EEXIST/.test(err.message), 'got no EEXIST message');
-    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'EEXIST', 'got no EEXIST code');
-    assert.strictEqual(err.path, d, 'got no proper path for EEXIST');
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'EEXIST');
+    assert.strictEqual(err.path, d);
 
     fs.rmdir(d, assert.ifError);
   }));