diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-invalid-pjson.js b/test/es-module/test-esm-invalid-pjson.js
index 4fc2e50c7786aa..8eb417eec3a1a5 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-invalid-pjson.js
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-invalid-pjson.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('ESM: Package.json', { concurrency: !process.env.TEST_PARALLEL }, () =>
     assert.ok(stderr.includes('code: \'ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG\''), stderr);
     assert.ok(
       stderr.includes(
-        `Invalid package config ${path.toNamespacedPath(invalidJson)} while importing "invalid-pjson" from ${path.toNamespacedPath(entry)}.`
+        `Invalid package config ${path.toNamespacedPath(invalidJson)} while importing "invalid-pjson" from ${entry}.`
       ),
       stderr
     );