diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js
index 3e6afe22a8c636..316c971bb0f1bc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-filehandle.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ const { once } = require('events');
   });
 
   assert.deepStrictEqual(await readPromise, await fs.readFile(__filename));
+  await fh.close();
 })().then(common.mustCall());
 
 (async function() {