diff --git a/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js b/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js
index 0f113862c7b3c4..aad8462bfc2633 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js
@@ -26,4 +26,12 @@ const url = require('url');
 });
 
 assert.throws(() => { url.parse('http://%E0%A4%A@fail'); },
-              /^URIError: URI malformed$/);
+              (e) => {
+                // The error should be a URIError.
+                if (!(e instanceof URIError))
+                  return false;
+
+                // The error should be from the JS engine and not from Node.js.
+                // JS engine errors do not have the `code` property.
+                return e.code === undefined;
+              });