diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-file-sync.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-file-sync.js
index c8a9941b4990da..ee6f34ac4dccfd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-file-sync.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-file-sync.js
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ const fn = fixtures.path('elipses.txt');
 
 const s = fs.readFileSync(fn, 'utf8');
 for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
-  assert.strictEqual('\u2026', s[i]);
+  assert.strictEqual(s[i], '\u2026');
 }
-assert.strictEqual(10000, s.length);
+assert.strictEqual(s.length, 10000);