diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-request-invalid-method-error.js b/test/parallel/test-http-request-invalid-method-error.js
index febb340eacd2a4..00f593fa6f9701 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-request-invalid-method-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-request-invalid-method-error.js
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
 
 assert.throws(
   () => { http.request({method: '\0'}); },
-  (error) => {
-    return (error instanceof TypeError) &&
-      /Method must be a valid HTTP token/.test(error);
-  }
+  common.expectsError(undefined, TypeError, 'Method must be a valid HTTP token')
 );