diff --git a/src/node_quic_session.cc b/src/node_quic_session.cc
index 41472d974f..fcf0271237 100644
--- a/src/node_quic_session.cc
+++ b/src/node_quic_session.cc
@@ -1291,7 +1291,8 @@ void QuicSession::RemoveStream(int64_t stream_id) {
 void QuicSession::ScheduleRetransmit() {
   uint64_t now = uv_hrtime();
   uint64_t expiry = ngtcp2_conn_get_expiry(Connection());
-  uint64_t interval = (expiry < now) ? 1 : ((expiry - now) / 1000000UL);
+  uint64_t interval = (expiry - now) / 1000000UL;
+  if (expiry < now || interval == 0) interval = 1;
   Debug(this, "Scheduling the retransmit timer for %" PRIu64, interval);
   UpdateRetransmitTimer(interval);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-quic-packetloss.js b/test/parallel/test-quic-packetloss.js
index 78bd4a3894..577b798f62 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-quic-packetloss.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-quic-packetloss.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Flags: --expose-internals
 'use strict';
 
 // This test is not yet working correctly because data