diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-multi-buffer-copy.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-multi-buffer-copy.js
index 0b7f003335b545..2ee87494b02836 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-multi-buffer-copy.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-multi-buffer-copy.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const dgram = require('dgram');
 const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 
 const onMessage = common.mustCall(function(err, bytes) {
-  assert.equal(bytes, buf1.length + buf2.length);
+  assert.strictEqual(bytes, buf1.length + buf2.length);
 });
 
 const buf1 = Buffer.alloc(256, 'x');