diff --git a/test/parallel/test-path.js b/test/parallel/test-path.js
index f8fb94348d4d75..9f0a2415c49d92 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-path.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-path.js
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ if (common.isWindows) {
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase() + '\\foo\\bar');
   assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong('foo/bar').toLowerCase(),
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase() + '\\foo\\bar');
-  assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong('C:').toLowerCase(),
+  const currentDeviceLetter = path.parse(process.cwd()).root.substring(0, 2);
+  assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong(currentDeviceLetter).toLowerCase(),
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase());
   assert.equal(path.win32._makeLong('C').toLowerCase(),
                '\\\\?\\' + process.cwd().toLowerCase() + '\\c');