diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-information-processing.js b/test/parallel/test-http-information-processing.js
index 43d1bdafdf4dd1..94554c2109d433 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-information-processing.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-information-processing.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ server.listen(0, function() {
   req.on('response', function(res) {
     // Check that all 102 Processing received before full response received.
     assert.strictEqual(countdown.remaining, 1);
-    assert.strictEqual(200, res.statusCode,
+    assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 200,
                        `Final status code was ${res.statusCode}, not 200.`);
     res.setEncoding('utf8');
     res.on('data', function(chunk) { body += chunk; });