diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-lazy-transform-writable.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-lazy-transform-writable.js
index 94240321bd755e..000c6693c8ae0d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-lazy-transform-writable.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-lazy-transform-writable.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const stream = new OldStream();
 
 stream.pipe(hasher2).on('finish', common.mustCall(function() {
   const hash = hasher2.read().toString('hex');
-  assert.strictEqual(expected, hash);
+  assert.strictEqual(hash, expected);
 }));
 
 stream.emit('data', Buffer.from('hello'));