diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-maxBuffer.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-maxBuffer.js
index d23e8b9094d..6418f917650 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-maxBuffer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-maxBuffer.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const unicode = '中文测试'; // length = 4, byte length = 12
 }
 
 {
-  const cmd = `"${process.execPath}" -e "console.('${unicode}');"`;
+  const cmd = `"${process.execPath}" -e "console.error('${unicode}');"`;
 
   cp.exec(cmd, { maxBuffer: 10 }, checkFactory('stderr'));
 }