diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js
index ca42c174808500..36b8913895dfa2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error-file.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if (!process.env.HAS_STARTED_WORKER) {
   w.on('message', common.mustNotCall());
   w.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
     assert.strictEqual(err.constructor, SyntaxError);
-    assert(/SyntaxError/.test(err));
+    assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'SyntaxError');
   }));
 } else {
   throw new Error('foo');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js
index 1c1fbf1c1ab3a0..99ebf26a9fa714 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-syntax-error.js
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ const w = new Worker('abc)', { eval: true });
 w.on('message', common.mustNotCall());
 w.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
   assert.strictEqual(err.constructor, SyntaxError);
-  assert(/SyntaxError/.test(err));
+  assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'SyntaxError');
 }));