diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-open.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-open.js
index 51cd9ecf319595..e33c4e9331a828 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-open.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-open.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let caughtException = false;
 try {
   // Should throw ENOENT, not EBADF
   // see https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/1228
-  fs.openSync('/path/to/file/that/does/not/exist', 'r');
+  fs.openSync('/8hvftyuncxrt/path/to/file/that/does/not/exist', 'r');
 } catch (e) {
   assert.strictEqual(e.code, 'ENOENT');
   caughtException = true;