diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-closed-channel-segfault.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-closed-channel-segfault.js
index 87b599c7bb29f2..14cb4b8fd97ae9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-closed-channel-segfault.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-closed-channel-segfault.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const server = net
         send(function(err) {
           // Ignore errors when sending the second handle because the worker
           // may already have exited.
-          if (err && err.message !== 'Channel closed') {
+          if (err && err.code !== 'ERR_IPC_CHANNEL_CLOSED') {
             throw err;
           }
         });