diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 7bb997d79fad1d..260f53c4672b61 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'template-curly-spacing': 'error',
     'unicode-bom': 'error',
     'use-isnan': 'error',
-    'valid-typeof': 'error',
+    'valid-typeof': ['error', { requireStringLiterals: true }],
 
     // Custom rules from eslint-plugin-node-core
     'node-core/no-unescaped-regexp-dot': 'error',
diff --git a/lib/internal/encoding.js b/lib/internal/encoding.js
index 5226bf518dac38..8cc9bc13fbb343 100644
--- a/lib/internal/encoding.js
+++ b/lib/internal/encoding.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ function validateDecoder(obj) {
 }
 
 function validateArgument(prop, expected, propName, expectedName) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line valid-typeof
   if (typeof prop !== expected)
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(propName, expectedName, prop);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert-calltracker-report.js b/test/parallel/test-assert-calltracker-report.js
index 64b068760ca720..87ef0bff17fc0b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert-calltracker-report.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert-calltracker-report.js
@@ -11,22 +11,16 @@ function foo() {}
 const callsfoo = tracker.calls(foo, 1);
 
 // Ensures that foo was added to the callChecks array.
-if (tracker.report()[0].operator !== 'foo') {
-  process.exit(1);
-}
+assert.strictEqual(tracker.report()[0].operator, 'foo');
 
 callsfoo();
 
 // Ensures that foo was removed from the callChecks array after being called the
 // expected number of times.
-if (typeof tracker.report()[0] === 'undefined') {
-  process.exit(1);
-}
+assert.strictEqual(typeof tracker.report()[0], 'undefined');
 
 callsfoo();
 
 // Ensures that foo was added back to the callChecks array after being called
 // more than the expected number of times.
-if (tracker.report()[0].operator !== 'foo') {
-  process.exit(1);
-}
+assert.strictEqual(tracker.report()[0].operator, 'foo');