diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
index 02e9356275dbc7..d0f730f25e12dd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if (!common.isWindows && process.getuid() === 0) {
   try {
     process.setuid('nobody');
     hasWriteAccessForReadonlyFile = false;
-  } catch (err) {
+  } catch {
   }
 }