diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs
index 5a6638d1d90e5a..d9d86fefc06464 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mustCall } from '../common/index.mjs';
+import '../common/index.mjs';
 import assert from 'assert';
 import fixtures from '../common/fixtures.js';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
@@ -9,15 +9,20 @@ const selfDeprecatedFolders =
 const deprecatedFoldersIgnore =
     fixtures.path('/es-modules/deprecated-folders-ignore/main.js');
 
-let curWarning = 0;
 const expectedWarnings = [
   '"./" in the "exports" field',
   '"#self/" in the "imports" field'
 ];
 
-process.addListener('warning', mustCall((warning) => {
-  assert(warning.stack.includes(expectedWarnings[curWarning++]), warning.stack);
-}, expectedWarnings.length));
+process.addListener('warning', (warning) => {
+  if (warning.stack.includes(expectedWarnings[0])) {
+    expectedWarnings.shift();
+  }
+});
+
+process.on('exit', () => {
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(expectedWarnings, []);
+});
 
 (async () => {
   await import(pathToFileURL(selfDeprecatedFolders));