diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
index be263c3ae4fec9..d2e82243458ffe 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ function verifyStatObject(stat) {
         // lchmod is only available on macOS
         const newMode = 0o666;
         await lchmod(newLink, newMode);
-        assert.strictEqual(await lstat(newLink).mode & 0o777, newMode);
+        stats = await lstat(newLink);
+        assert.strictEqual(stats.mode & 0o777, newMode);
       }