diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-cli-concurrency.js b/test/parallel/test-runner-cli-concurrency.js
index 47efdd0e2797f0..d7e1ad9d6b2cbd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-cli-concurrency.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-cli-concurrency.js
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ test('concurrency of two', async () => {
   const args = ['--test', '--test-concurrency=2'];
   const cp = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd, env });
   assert.match(cp.stderr.toString(), /concurrency: 2,/);
+  throw new Error('bye');
 });