diff --git a/src/browser/tests/domparser.html b/src/browser/tests/domparser.html
index d8399055..7930ec87 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/domparser.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/domparser.html
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
   }
 
   {
+    // Empty XML is a parse error (no root element)
     const parser = new DOMParser();
-    let d = parser.parseFromString('', 'text/xml');
-    testing.expectEqual('<parsererror>error</parsererror>', new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(d));
+    testing.expectError('Error', () => parser.parseFromString('', 'text/xml'));
   }
 }
 </script>