diff --git a/test/pummel/test-net-throttle.js b/test/pummel/test-net-throttle.js
index acd8e0cc003547..190c242d6e1636 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-net-throttle.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-net-throttle.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const body = 'C'.repeat(N);
 
 console.log(`start server on port ${common.PORT}`);
 
-const server = net.createServer(function(connection) {
+const server = net.createServer((connection) => {
   connection.write(body.slice(0, part_N));
   connection.write(body.slice(part_N, 2 * part_N));
   assert.strictEqual(connection.write(body.slice(2 * part_N, N)), false);
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ const server = net.createServer(function(connection) {
   connection.end();
 });
 
-server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
+server.listen(common.PORT, () => {
   let paused = false;
   const client = net.createConnection(common.PORT);
   client.setEncoding('ascii');
-  client.on('data', function(d) {
+  client.on('data', (d) => {
     chars_recved += d.length;
     console.log(`got ${chars_recved}`);
     if (!paused) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
       paused = true;
       console.log('pause');
       const x = chars_recved;
-      setTimeout(function() {
+      setTimeout(() => {
         assert.strictEqual(chars_recved, x);
         client.resume();
         console.log('resume');
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
     }
   });
 
-  client.on('end', function() {
+  client.on('end', () => {
     server.close();
     client.end();
   });
 });
 
 
-process.on('exit', function() {
+process.on('exit', () => {
   assert.strictEqual(chars_recved, N);
   assert.strictEqual(npauses > 2, true);
 });