diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js
index 34c990e7bd582f..d8d0d2859d8173 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js
@@ -163,18 +163,30 @@ runTest(new Date('1982-09-10 13:37'), new Date('1982-09-10 13:37'), function() {
   });
 });
 
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.strictEqual(tests_ok, tests_run);
+});
+
+
 // Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/13255
-if (common.isWindows) {
-  common.refreshTmpDir();
-  const path = `${common.tmpDir}/test-utimes-precision`;
-  fs.writeFileSync(path, '');
+common.refreshTmpDir();
+const path = `${common.tmpDir}/test-utimes-precision`;
+fs.writeFileSync(path, '');
 
+// test Y2K38 for all platforms
+const Y2K38_mtime = 2**31;
+fs.utimesSync(path, Y2K38_mtime, Y2K38_mtime);
+const Y2K38_stats = fs.statSync(path);
+assert.strictEqual(Y2K38_mtime, Y2K38_stats.mtime.getTime() / 1000);
+
+if (common.isWindows) {
   // this value would get converted to (double)1713037251359.9998
   const truncate_mtime = 1713037251360;
   fs.utimesSync(path, truncate_mtime / 1000, truncate_mtime / 1000);
   const truncate_stats = fs.statSync(path);
   assert.strictEqual(truncate_mtime, truncate_stats.mtime.getTime());
 
+  // test Y2K38 for windows
   // This value if treaded as a `signed long` gets converted to -2135622133469.
   // POSIX systems stores timestamps in {long t_sec, long t_usec}.
   // NTFS stores times in nanoseconds in a single `uint64_t`, so when libuv
@@ -184,7 +196,3 @@ if (common.isWindows) {
   const overflow_stats = fs.statSync(path);
   assert.strictEqual(overflow_mtime, overflow_stats.mtime.getTime());
 }
-
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.strictEqual(tests_ok, tests_run);
-});