diff --git a/test/runner/runner_file_based.py b/test/runner/runner_file_based.py
index 6f4d6abeb735efce751015419261a22961f8b1ce..1263f8fcaf125ddff3e5d13c2712f29f338ca407 100644
--- a/test/runner/runner_file_based.py
+++ b/test/runner/runner_file_based.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class RunnerFileBased(Runner):
             f'--heap-verifier={args.heap_verifier}',
         ]
 
-        if not args.no_gip:
+        if args.run_gc_in_place:
             self.runtime_args += ['--run-gc-in-place']
 
         if self.conf_kind in [ConfigurationKind.AOT, ConfigurationKind.AOT_FULL]:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class RunnerFileBased(Runner):
                 f'--heap-verifier={args.heap_verifier}',
             ]
 
-            if not args.no_gip:
+            if args.run_gc_in_place:
                 self.aot_args += ['--run-gc-in-place']
 
             self.aot_args += args.aot_args
diff --git a/test/runner/starter.py b/test/runner/starter.py
index ee266f1bc0bf31d6f423737a40808eef9dea0cf7..e20e0a5f601d2a8d70d59eb42a5b7bb79655d589 100644
--- a/test/runner/starter.py
+++ b/test/runner/starter.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def get_args():
         dest='timeout', default=10, help='JS runtime timeout')
 
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--no-run-gc-in-place', action='store_true', dest='no_gip', default=False,
+        '--run-gc-in-place', action='store_true', dest='run_gc_in_place', default=False,
         help='enable --run-gc-in-place mode')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--gc-type', dest='gc_type', default="g1-gc", help='Type of garbage collector')