diff --git a/js/client/tests/shell-noChangeMode-noncluster.js b/js/client/tests/shell-noChangeMode-noncluster.js
index 3bb61a04d0..70bb0bdb7f 100644
--- a/js/client/tests/shell-noChangeMode-noncluster.js
+++ b/js/client/tests/shell-noChangeMode-noncluster.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function changeOperationModeNegativeCaseTestSuite () {
           collections: {}, 
           action: function () {
             var db = require('internal').db; 
-            var result = db._changeMode('ReadOnly');
+            var result = db._changeMode('NoCreate');
             return result;
           } 
         });