diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-exec-argv.js b/test/parallel/test-process-exec-argv.js
index c2b663ac67eb60..178b84c23fcc70 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-exec-argv.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-exec-argv.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
     out += chunk;
   });
 
-  child.on('exit', function() {
-    assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(out), execArgv);
+  child.on('close', function() {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(JSON.parse(out), execArgv);
   });
 }