diff --git a/test/sequential/test-http-client-timeout-option-with-agent.js b/test/sequential/test-http-client-timeout-option-with-agent.js
index a7f750a42e557b..63f683975dc9d0 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-http-client-timeout-option-with-agent.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-http-client-timeout-option-with-agent.js
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ function doRequest() {
     timeout_events += 1;
     const duration = Date.now() - start;
     // The timeout event cannot be precisely timed. It will delay
-    // some number of milliseconds, so test it in second units.
-    assert.strictEqual(duration / 1000 | 0, HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT / 1000);
+    // some number of milliseconds.
+    assert.ok(duration >= HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT,
+              `${duration} < ${HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT}`);
   }));
   req.end();