diff --git a/scripts/runner.node.mjs b/scripts/runner.node.mjs
index de532648094d..5052ff9e2b74 100755
--- a/scripts/runner.node.mjs
+++ b/scripts/runner.node.mjs
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ function getNodeParallelTestTimeout(testPath) {
   if (testPath.includes("test-cluster-")) return 60_000; // cluster IPC + socket-handle passing is process-heavy under runner concurrency
   if (testPath.includes("-docker-")) return 60_000;
   if (testPath.includes("test-stdin-pipe-large")) return 60_000; // pipes 1MB stdin->stdout through an extra child process; slow under runner concurrency
-  // test-fs-read-stream-pos.js exit condition is a pure timing race (writer must append
-  // between two consecutive ReadStream preads) with a 90s upstream safety timer; solo
-  // runtimes are ~1s on linux-x64 but 1-40s on Windows since #34834 raised its timer
-  // resolution, and aarch64 CI retries running alone have exceeded 20s (builds 85866,
-  // 85400). 120s lets the safety timer fire.
-  if (testPath.includes("test-fs-read-stream-pos")) return 120_000;
   if (!isCI) return 60_000; // everything slower in debug mode
   if (options["step"]?.includes("-asan-")) return 60_000;
   return 20_000;
@@ -641,12 +635,6 @@ async function runTests() {
   const isParallelSafeTest = testPath => {
     const p = testPath.replaceAll("\\", "/");
     if (!p.includes("js/node/test/parallel/") && !p.includes("js/bun/test/parallel/")) return false;
-    // test-fs-read-stream-pos.js arms a common.mustCallAtLeast per stream; under
-    // I/O-heavy neighbours (e.g. test-fs-read-stream-fd-leak) the 1ms append
-    // interval is starved long enough for a stream to catch cur == EOF and get
-    // zero 'data' events, failing the mustCallAtLeast check on exit. Run it in
-    // the serial phase so the writer keeps its 1ms cadence.
-    if (p.endsWith("test-fs-read-stream-pos.js")) return false;
     return true;
   };
   console.log("parallel-safe width", parallelSafeWidth);
diff --git a/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-pos.js b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-pos.js
index 8a5812f81ef2..eaa521a964b9 100644
--- a/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-pos.js
+++ b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-pos.js
@@ -15,21 +15,28 @@ fs.writeFileSync(file, '');
 
 let counter = 0;
 
-const writeInterval = setInterval(() => {
+const appendLine = () => {
   counter = counter + 1;
-  const line = `hello at ${counter}\n`;
-  fs.writeFileSync(file, line, { flag: 'a' });
-}, 1);
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, `hello at ${counter}\n`, { flag: 'a' });
+};
+
+// Seed a line so the first stream is guaranteed at least one 'data' event and a
+// short (< hwm) tail chunk even before the 1ms writer has had a chance to fire.
+appendLine();
+
+const writeInterval = setInterval(appendLine, 1);
 
 const hwm = 10;
 let bufs = [];
 let isLow = false;
 let cur = 0;
 let stream;
+let streamStart = 0;
 
 const readInterval = setInterval(common.mustCallAtLeast(() => {
   if (stream) return;
 
+  streamStart = cur;
   stream = fs.createReadStream(file, {
     highWaterMark: hwm,
     start: cur
@@ -38,7 +45,16 @@ const readInterval = setInterval(common.mustCallAtLeast(() => {
     cur += chunk.length;
     bufs.push(chunk);
     if (isLow) {
-      const brokenLines = Buffer.concat(bufs).toString()
+      const read = Buffer.concat(bufs);
+      const onDisk = fs.readFileSync(file);
+      assert.strictEqual(read.length, cur - streamStart);
+      assert.ok(cur <= onDisk.length, `cur ${cur} exceeds file size ${onDisk.length}`);
+      // nodejs/node#33940: after a short read the next pread was issued at the
+      // wrong position, so the bytes delivered here overlapped or skipped what
+      // earlier chunks had already returned. The concatenated chunks must be
+      // exactly the file's bytes at [streamStart, cur).
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(read, onDisk.subarray(streamStart, cur));
+      const brokenLines = read.toString()
         .split('\n')
         .filter((line) => {
           const s = 'hello at'.slice(0, line.length);
@@ -53,6 +69,13 @@ const readInterval = setInterval(common.mustCallAtLeast(() => {
     }
     if (chunk.length !== hwm) {
       isLow = true;
+      // Upstream relies on the 1ms writer landing between this short read and
+      // the stream's next pread, and carries a 90s safety timer for when that
+      // race never hits (reached routinely on Windows, where the test then
+      // exits without asserting anything). Appending here, before the next
+      // _read is scheduled, makes the follow-up chunk deterministic without
+      // changing the code path under test.
+      appendLine();
     }
   }));
   stream.on('end', () => {
@@ -62,15 +85,9 @@ const readInterval = setInterval(common.mustCallAtLeast(() => {
   });
 }), 10);
 
-// Time longer than 90 seconds to exit safely
-const endTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-  exitTest();
-}, 90000);
-
 const exitTest = () => {
   clearInterval(readInterval);
   clearInterval(writeInterval);
-  clearTimeout(endTimer);
   if (stream && !stream.destroyed) {
     stream.on('close', () => {
       process.exit();