diff --git a/test/parallel/parallel.status b/test/parallel/parallel.status
index 5a0e7735b6277d..fda5e01e500078 100644
--- a/test/parallel/parallel.status
+++ b/test/parallel/parallel.status
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ prefix parallel
 [$system==macos]
 
 [$arch==arm || $arch==arm64]
-test-fs-readdir-ucs2 : PASS,FLAKY
 test-npm-install:      PASS,FLAKY
 
 [$system==solaris] # Also applies to SmartOS
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-ucs2.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-ucs2.js
index 4d5f53abd8ead9..c20e77d64d1cf6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-ucs2.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readdir-ucs2.js
@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@ const root = Buffer.from(`${common.tmpDir}${path.sep}`);
 const filebuff = Buffer.from(filename, 'ucs2');
 const fullpath = Buffer.concat([root, filebuff]);
 
-fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(fullpath, 'w+'));
+try {
+  fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(fullpath, 'w+'));
+} catch (e) {
+  if (e.code === 'EINVAL') {
+    common.skip('test requires filesystem that supports UCS2');
+    return;
+  }
+  throw e;
+}
 
-fs.readdir(common.tmpDir, 'ucs2', (err, list) => {
+fs.readdir(common.tmpDir, 'ucs2', common.mustCall((err, list) => {
   assert.ifError(err);
   assert.strictEqual(1, list.length);
   const fn = list[0];
   assert.deepStrictEqual(filebuff, Buffer.from(fn, 'ucs2'));
   assert.strictEqual(fn, filename);
-});
-
-process.on('exit', () => {
-  fs.unlinkSync(fullpath);
-});
+}));