diff --git a/test/parallel/test-snapshot-child-process-sync.js b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-child-process-sync.js
index 0a273c0c719c7f..ac11ceae54d402 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-snapshot-child-process-sync.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-child-process-sync.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 // This tests that process.cwd() is accurate when
 // restoring state from a snapshot
 
-require('../common');
-const { isInsideDirWithUnusualChars, spawnSyncAndAssert } = require('../common/child_process');
+const { isInsideDirWithUnusualChars } = require('../common');
+const { spawnSyncAndAssert } = require('../common/child_process');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const assert = require('assert');
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const blobPath = tmpdir.resolve('snapshot.blob');
 const file = fixtures.path('snapshot', 'child-process-sync.js');
 const expected = [
   'From child process spawnSync',
-  'From child process execSync',
+  ...(isInsideDirWithUnusualChars ? [] : ['From child process execSync']),
   'From child process execFileSync',
 ];