diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-geteuid-getegid.js b/test/parallel/test-process-geteuid-getegid.js
index e2daa1cf3651ed..41e37874a41b59 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-geteuid-getegid.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-geteuid-getegid.js
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ assert.notStrictEqual(newgid, oldgid);
 
 const olduid = process.geteuid();
 process.seteuid('nobody');
-const newAsyncId = process.geteuid();
-assert.notStrictEqual(newAsyncId, olduid);
+const newuid = process.geteuid();
+assert.notStrictEqual(newuid, olduid);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js b/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js
index 30640b277a2f8a..41fef8c9c819fa 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-setuid-setgid.js
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ assert.notStrictEqual(newgid, oldgid);
 
 const olduid = process.getuid();
 process.setuid('nobody');
-const newAsyncId = process.getuid();
-assert.notStrictEqual(newAsyncId, olduid);
+const newuid = process.getuid();
+assert.notStrictEqual(newuid, olduid);