diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index eb568d0492b69f..3ed7ce31d8c17b 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function rimrafSync(p) {
     if (e.code === 'ENOENT')
       return;
     if (e.code === 'EPERM')
-      return rmdirSync(p, er);
+      return rmdirSync(p, e);
     if (e.code !== 'EISDIR')
       throw e;
     rmdirSync(p, e);