diff --git a/test/parallel/test-benchmark-es.js b/test/parallel/test-benchmark-es.js
index 569edfc293c29c..8176ad0b07e9ac 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-benchmark-es.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-benchmark-es.js
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ runBenchmark('es',
                'n=1',
                'encoding=ascii',
                'size=1e1'
-             ]);
+             ],
+             { NODEJS_BENCHMARK_ZERO_ALLOWED: 1 });