diff --git a/test/parallel/test-v8-collect-gc-profile-in-worker.js b/test/parallel/test-v8-collect-gc-profile-in-worker.js
index 49762c50fb1c73..11601de31ed8a5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-v8-collect-gc-profile-in-worker.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-v8-collect-gc-profile-in-worker.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require('../common');
 const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
 const { testGCProfiler } = require('../common/v8');
 
-if (process.env.isWorker) {
+if (!process.env.isWorker) {
   process.env.isWorker = 1;
   new Worker(__filename);
 } else {