diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-net.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-net.js
index 0760ca44adc3c7..bf19a2bdd152d9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-net.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-net.js
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 // OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+// This tests that a socket sent to the forked process works.
+// See https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dceebbfa
+
 'use strict';
 const {
   mustCall,
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
     socket.on('finish', mustCall(() => {
       debug(`[${id}] socket finished ${m}`);
     }));
-  }));
+  }, 4));
 
   process.on('message', mustCall((m) => {
     if (m !== 'close') return;
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
       debug(`[${id}] ending ${i}/${needEnd.length}`);
       endMe.end('end');
     });
-  }));
+  }, 4));
 
   process.on('disconnect', mustCall(() => {
     debug(`[${id}] process disconnect, ending`);
@@ -146,9 +149,22 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   server.on('close', mustCall(function() {
     closeEmitted = true;
 
-    child1.kill();
-    child2.kill();
-    child3.kill();
+    // Clean up child processes.
+    try {
+      child1.kill();
+    } catch {
+      debug('child process already terminated');
+    }
+    try {
+      child2.kill();
+    } catch {
+      debug('child process already terminated');
+    }
+    try {
+      child3.kill();
+    } catch {
+      debug('child process already terminated');
+    }
   }));
 
   server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1');