diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdtemp-prefix-check.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdtemp-prefix-check.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..786d0fe7bae169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdtemp-prefix-check.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const expectedError = /^TypeError: filename prefix is required$/;
+const prefixValues = [undefined, null, 0, true, false, 1, ''];
+
+function fail(value) {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => fs.mkdtempSync(value, {}),
+    expectedError
+  );
+}
+
+function failAsync(value) {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => fs.mkdtemp(value, common.mustNotCall()), expectedError
+  );
+}
+
+prefixValues.forEach((prefixValue) => {
+  fail(prefixValue);
+  failAsync(prefixValue);
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-mkdtemp-sync-prefix-check.js b/test/parallel/test-mkdtemp-sync-prefix-check.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 825f622f069b5e..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-mkdtemp-sync-prefix-check.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-const assertValues = [undefined, null, 0, true, false, 1];
-
-assertValues.forEach((assertValue) => {
-  assert.throws(
-    () => fs.mkdtempSync(assertValue, {}),
-    /^TypeError: filename prefix is required$/
-  );
-});