diff --git a/test/sequential/test-benchmark-net.js b/test/sequential/test-benchmark-net.js
index 826d891fd76621..ef5f4fbb91c760 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-benchmark-net.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-benchmark-net.js
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ const path = require('path');
 
 const runjs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'benchmark', 'run.js');
 
-const child = fork(runjs, ['--set', 'dur=0', 'net'],
+const child = fork(runjs,
+                   ['--set', 'dur=0',
+                    '--set', 'len=1024',
+                    '--set', 'type=buf',
+                    'net'],
                    {env: {NODEJS_BENCHMARK_ZERO_ALLOWED: 1}});
 child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
   assert.strictEqual(code, 0);