diff --git a/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js b/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js
index 0d10a15e2eefa0..4eb5ad7b4d5db8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-debug-process.js
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ cp.on('exit', common.mustCall(function() {
   try {
     process._debugProcess(cp.pid);
   } catch (error) {
-    assert.strictEqual(error.message, 'The system cannot find the file specified.');
+    assert.strictEqual(error.errno, 2);
   }
 }));