diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash-stream-pipe.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash-stream-pipe.js
index 0ad9f18b0b45d8..5a0e409bada218 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash-stream-pipe.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash-stream-pipe.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var h = crypto.createHash('sha1');
 var expect = '15987e60950cf22655b9323bc1e281f9c4aff47e';
 
 s.pipe(h).on('data', common.mustCall(function(c) {
-  assert.equal(c, expect);
+  assert.strictEqual(c, expect);
 })).setEncoding('hex');
 
 s.end('aoeu');