diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
index 76af0e14635be0..8551e97387ea51 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const offset = 20;
 const len = buf.length - offset;
 
 const messageSent = common.mustCall(function messageSent(err, bytes) {
+  assert.ifError(err);
   assert.notStrictEqual(bytes, buf.length);
   assert.strictEqual(bytes, buf.length - offset);
   client.close();