diff --git a/test/parallel/test-regress-GH-897.js b/test/parallel/test-regress-GH-897.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b46994dc37d94..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-regress-GH-897.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-
-var t = Date.now();
-var diff;
-setTimeout(function() {
-  diff = Date.now() - t;
-  console.error(diff);
-}, 0.1);
-
-
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.ok(diff < 100);
-});
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-897.js b/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-897.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7b1297efd5a1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-897.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Test for bug where a timer duration greater than 0 ms but less than 1 ms
+// resulted in the duration being set for 1000 ms. The expected behavior is
+// that the timeout would be set for 1 ms, and thus fire more-or-less
+// immediately.
+//
+// Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/pull/897
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const t = Date.now();
+setTimeout(common.mustCall(function() {
+  const diff = Date.now() - t;
+  assert.ok(diff < 100, `timer fired after ${diff} ms`);
+}), 0.1);