diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-read.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-read.js
index 777ced08c5d954..b5bdbbb7a4b403 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-read.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-read.js
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ read(buf, 'readUIntBE', [2, 0], 0xfd);
 read(buf, 'readUIntLE', [2, 0], 0x48);
 
 // attempt to overflow buffers, similar to previous bug in array buffers
-assert.throws(() => Buffer.allocUnsafe(8).readFloatLE(0xffffffff),
+assert.throws(() => Buffer.allocUnsafe(8).readFloatBE(0xffffffff),
               RangeError);
 assert.throws(() => Buffer.allocUnsafe(8).readFloatLE(0xffffffff),
               RangeError);
 
 // ensure negative values can't get past offset
-assert.throws(() => Buffer.allocUnsafe(8).readFloatLE(-1), RangeError);
+assert.throws(() => Buffer.allocUnsafe(8).readFloatBE(-1), RangeError);
 assert.throws(() => Buffer.allocUnsafe(8).readFloatLE(-1), RangeError);
 
 // offset checks