diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-chmod.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-chmod.js
index 5121fd89f99466..cbe9ef54bac6b3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-chmod.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-chmod.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fs.open(file2, 'a', common.mustCall((err, fd) => {
       assert.strictEqual(mode_sync, fs.fstatSync(fd).mode & 0o777);
     }
 
-    fs.close(fd);
+    fs.close(fd, assert.ifError);
   }));
 }));