diff --git a/benchmark/tls/throughput.js b/benchmark/tls/throughput.js
index 51feb85cbaccc1..52907a3343fb1f 100644
--- a/benchmark/tls/throughput.js
+++ b/benchmark/tls/throughput.js
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ function main(conf) {
   };
 
   server = tls.createServer(options, onConnection);
-  setTimeout(done, dur * 1000);
   var conn;
   server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
     const opt = { port: common.PORT, rejectUnauthorized: false };
     conn = tls.connect(opt, function() {
+      setTimeout(done, dur * 1000);
       bench.start();
       conn.on('drain', write);
       write();
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-benchmark-tls.js b/test/sequential/test-benchmark-tls.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7c87aa3cbcd89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sequential/test-benchmark-tls.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!common.enoughTestMem)
+  common.skip('Insufficient memory for TLS benchmark test');
+
+// Because the TLS benchmarks use hardcoded ports, this should be in sequential
+// rather than parallel to make sure it does not conflict with tests that choose
+// random available ports.
+
+const runBenchmark = require('../common/benchmark');
+
+runBenchmark('tls',
+             [
+               'concurrency=1',
+               'dur=0.1',
+               'n=1',
+               'size=2',
+               'type=asc'
+             ],
+             {
+               NODEJS_BENCHMARK_ZERO_ALLOWED: 1,
+               duration: 0
+             });