diff --git a/test/parallel/test-path.js b/test/parallel/test-path.js
index 267b0ac14de3d0..b6859f79bc8403 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-path.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-path.js
@@ -561,7 +561,8 @@ if (common.isWindows) {
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase() + '\\foo\\bar');
   assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong('foo/bar').toLowerCase(),
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase() + '\\foo\\bar');
-  assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong('C:').toLowerCase(),
+  const currentDeviceLetter = path.parse(process.cwd()).root.substring(0, 2);
+  assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong(currentDeviceLetter).toLowerCase(),
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase());
   assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong('C').toLowerCase(),
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase() + '\\c');