diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-writable-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-writable-destroy.js
index 565a5564e2bc29..a88bf9ab2424e7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-writable-destroy.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-writable-destroy.js
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ const { inherits } = require('util');
   const expected = new Error('kaboom');
 
   write.destroy(expected, common.mustCall(function(err) {
-    assert.strictEqual(expected, err);
+    assert.strictEqual(err, expected);
   }));
 }