diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
index d5a07cbd6f757a..9f9c47edae7f62 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class Test extends AsyncResource {
   };
 
   #cancel(error) {
-    if (this.endTime !== null) {
+    if (this.endTime !== null || this.error !== null) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -564,17 +564,15 @@ class Test extends AsyncResource {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.endTime = hrtime();
     this.passed = false;
     this.error = err;
   }
 
   pass() {
-    if (this.endTime !== null) {
+    if (this.error !== null) {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.endTime = hrtime();
     this.passed = true;
   }
 
@@ -707,15 +705,8 @@ class Test extends AsyncResource {
       }
 
       this.pass();
-      try {
-        await afterEach();
-        await after();
-      } catch (err) {
-        // If one of the after hooks has thrown unset endTime so that the
-        // catch below can do its cancel/fail logic.
-        this.endTime = null;
-        throw err;
-      }
+      await afterEach();
+      await after();
     } catch (err) {
       if (isTestFailureError(err)) {
         if (err.failureType === kTestTimeoutFailure) {
@@ -761,13 +752,10 @@ class Test extends AsyncResource {
   }
 
   postRun(pendingSubtestsError) {
-    this.startTime ??= hrtime();
-
-    // If the test was failed before it even started, then the end time will
-    // be earlier than the start time. Correct that here.
-    if (this.endTime < this.startTime) {
-      this.endTime = hrtime();
-    }
+    // If the test was cancelled before it started, then the start and end
+    // times need to be corrected.
+    this.endTime ??= hrtime();
+    this.startTime ??= this.endTime;
 
     // The test has run, so recursively cancel any outstanding subtests and
     // mark this test as failed if any subtests failed.
@@ -974,6 +962,7 @@ class TestHook extends Test {
         error.failureType = kHookFailure;
       }
 
+      this.endTime ??= hrtime();
       parent.reporter.fail(0, loc, parent.subtests.length + 1, loc.file, {
         __proto__: null,
         duration_ms: this.duration(),
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.snapshot b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.snapshot
index a4f40e4321ff89..4158335409aba1 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.snapshot
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/hooks_spec_reporter.snapshot
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 
  describe hooks - no subtests (*ms)
  before throws
-   1 (*ms)
+   1
     'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
 
-   2 (*ms)
+   2
     'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
 
  before throws (*ms)
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 
  - after() called
  run after when before throws
-   1 (*ms)
+   1
     'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
 
  run after when before throws (*ms)
@@ -422,11 +422,11 @@
  failing tests:
 
 *
- 1 (*ms)
+ 1
   'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
 
 *
- 2 (*ms)
+ 2
   'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
 
 *
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@
       *
 
 *
- 1 (*ms)
+ 1
   'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
 
 *