diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-prof.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-prof.js
index 141b101a722a48..07d62f1cc04e44 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-prof.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-prof.js
@@ -1,40 +1,78 @@
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const util = require('util');
 const { join } = require('path');
 const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
-const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
 
 // Test that --prof also tracks Worker threads.
 // Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/24016
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
-  const spin = `
-  const start = Date.now();
-  while (Date.now() - start < 1000);
+  let files = fs.readdirSync(tmpdir.path);
+  const plog = files.filter((name) => /\.log$/.test(name))[0];
+  if (plog === undefined) {
+    console.error('`--prof` did not produce a profile log for parent thread!');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const pingpong = `
+  let counter = 0;
+  const { Worker, parentPort  } = require('worker_threads');
+  parentPort.on('message', (m) => {
+    if (counter++ === 1024)
+      process.exit(0);
+     parentPort.postMessage(
+       m.toString().split('').reverse().toString().replace(/,/g, ''));
+  });
   `;
-  new Worker(spin, { eval: true });
-  eval(spin);
-  return;
-}
 
-tmpdir.refresh();
-spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--prof', __filename, 'child'],
-          { cwd: tmpdir.path });
-const files = fs.readdirSync(tmpdir.path);
-const logfiles = files.filter((name) => /\.log$/.test(name));
-assert.strictEqual(logfiles.length, 2);  // Parent thread + child thread.
+  const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
+  const data = 'x'.repeat(1024);
+  const w = new Worker(pingpong, { eval: true });
+  w.on('message', (m) => {
+    w.postMessage(m.toString().split('').reverse().toString().replace(/,/g, ''));
+  });
+
+  w.on('exit', common.mustCall(() => {
+    files = fs.readdirSync(tmpdir.path);
+    const wlog = files.filter((name) => /\.log$/.test(name) && name !== plog)[0];
+    if (wlog === undefined) {
+      console.error('`--prof` did not produce a profile log' +
+                    ' for worker thread!');
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    process.exit(0);
+  }));
+  w.postMessage(data);
+} else {
+  tmpdir.refresh();
+  const spawnResult = spawnSync(
+    process.execPath, ['--prof', __filename, 'child'],
+    { cwd: tmpdir.path, encoding: 'utf8' });
+  assert.strictEqual(spawnResult.stderr.toString(), '',
+                     `child exited with an error: \
+                     ${util.inspect(spawnResult)}`);
+  assert.strictEqual(spawnResult.signal, null,
+                     `child exited with signal: ${util.inspect(spawnResult)}`);
+  assert.strictEqual(spawnResult.status, 0,
+                     `child exited with non-zero status: \
+                     ${util.inspect(spawnResult)}`);
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(tmpdir.path);
+  const logfiles = files.filter((name) => /\.log$/.test(name));
+  assert.strictEqual(logfiles.length, 2);  // Parent thread + child thread.
 
-for (const logfile of logfiles) {
-  const lines = fs.readFileSync(join(tmpdir.path, logfile), 'utf8').split('\n');
-  const ticks = lines.filter((line) => /^tick,/.test(line)).length;
+  for (const logfile of logfiles) {
+    const lines = fs.readFileSync(
+      join(tmpdir.path, logfile), 'utf8').split('\n');
+    const ticks = lines.filter((line) => /^tick,/.test(line)).length;
 
-  // Test that at least 15 ticks have been recorded for both parent and child
-  // threads. When not tracking Worker threads, only 1 or 2 ticks would
-  // have been recorded.
-  // When running locally on x64 Linux, this number is usually at least 700
-  // for both threads, so 15 seems like a very safe threshold.
-  assert(ticks >= 15, `${ticks} >= 15`);
+    // Test that at least 15 ticks have been recorded for both parent and child
+    // threads. When not tracking Worker threads, only 1 or 2 ticks would
+    // have been recorded.
+    // When running locally on x64 Linux, this number is usually at least 200
+    // for both threads, so 15 seems like a very safe threshold.
+    assert(ticks >= 15, `${ticks} >= 15`);
+  }
 }