diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vm-new-script-this-context.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-new-script-this-context.js
index 2c0c21690e1821..18f39f9086ae2a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-vm-new-script-this-context.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-new-script-this-context.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const Script = require('vm').Script;
 // Run a string
 let script = new Script('\'passed\';');
 const result = script.runInThisContext(script);
-assert.strictEqual('passed', result);
+assert.strictEqual(result, 'passed');
 
 // Thrown error
 script = new Script('throw new Error(\'test\');');
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ assert.throws(() => {
 global.hello = 5;
 script = new Script('hello = 2');
 script.runInThisContext(script);
-assert.strictEqual(2, global.hello);
+assert.strictEqual(global.hello, 2);
 
 
 // Pass values
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ global.foo = 2;
 global.obj = { foo: 0, baz: 3 };
 script = new Script(global.code);
 script.runInThisContext(script);
-assert.strictEqual(0, global.obj.foo);
-assert.strictEqual(2, global.bar);
-assert.strictEqual(1, global.foo);
+assert.strictEqual(global.obj.foo, 0);
+assert.strictEqual(global.bar, 2);
+assert.strictEqual(global.foo, 1);
 
 // Call a function
 global.f = function() { global.foo = 100; };
 script = new Script('f()');
 script.runInThisContext(script);
-assert.strictEqual(100, global.foo);
+assert.strictEqual(global.foo, 100);
 
 common.allowGlobals(
   global.hello,