SERVER-53062 Throw an exception in tests if server startup fails

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/jstests/noPassthrough/max_bson_depth_parameter.js b/jstests/noPassthrough/max_bson_depth_parameter.js
index 3aef0995d34..8914dd2bd1b 100644
--- a/jstests/noPassthrough/max_bson_depth_parameter.js
+++ b/jstests/noPassthrough/max_bson_depth_parameter.js
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ assert.commandFailedWithCode(
 
 // Restart mongod with a negative maximum BSON depth and test that it fails to start.
 MongoRunner.stopMongod(conn);
-conn = MongoRunner.runMongod({setParameter: "maxBSONDepth=-4"});
-assert.eq(null, conn, "Expected mongod to fail at startup because depth was negative");
 
-conn = MongoRunner.runMongod({setParameter: "maxBSONDepth=1"});
-assert.eq(null, conn, "Expected mongod to fail at startup because depth was too low");
+assert.throws(() => MongoRunner.runMongod({setParameter: "maxBSONDepth=-4"}),
+              [],
+              "Expected mongod to fail at startup because depth was negative");
+
+assert.throws(() => MongoRunner.runMongod({setParameter: "maxBSONDepth=1"}),
+              [],
+              "Expected mongod to fail at startup because depth was too low");
 }());