diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-response-statuscode.js b/test/parallel/test-http-response-statuscode.js
index 4bd75647aebea7..ed3676b03e1f0c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-response-statuscode.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-response-statuscode.js
@@ -3,70 +3,79 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
 
-const MAX_REQUESTS = 12;
+const MAX_REQUESTS = 13;
 let reqNum = 0;
 
+const createErrorMessage = (code) => {
+  return new RegExp(`^RangeError: Invalid status code: ${code}$`);
+};
+
 const server = http.Server(common.mustCall(function(req, res) {
   switch (reqNum) {
     case 0:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead(-1);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(-1));
       break;
     case 1:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead(Infinity);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
       break;
     case 2:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead(NaN);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
       break;
     case 3:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead({});
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
       break;
     case 4:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead(99);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(99));
       break;
     case 5:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead(1000);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(1000));
       break;
     case 6:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead('1000');
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(1000));
       break;
     case 7:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead(null);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
       break;
     case 8:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead(true);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(1));
       break;
     case 9:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead([]);
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
       break;
     case 10:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead('this is not valid');
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
       break;
     case 11:
       assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
         res.writeHead('404 this is not valid either');
-      }), /invalid status code/i);
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
+      break;
+    case 12:
+      assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
+        res.writeHead();
+      }), createErrorMessage(0));
       this.close();
       break;
     default: