diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index ddab605c8a3c6a..e962c8b02399f4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ class EventTarget {
     initEventTarget(this);
   }
 
-  [kNewListener](size, type, listener, once, capture, passive) {
+  [kNewListener](size, type, listener, once, capture, passive, weak) {
     if (this[kMaxEventTargetListeners] > 0 &&
         size > this[kMaxEventTargetListeners] &&
         !this[kMaxEventTargetListenersWarned]) {
@@ -440,7 +440,14 @@ class EventTarget {
       // This is the first handler in our linked list.
       new Listener(root, listener, once, capture, passive,
                    isNodeStyleListener, weak);
-      this[kNewListener](root.size, type, listener, once, capture, passive);
+      this[kNewListener](
+        root.size,
+        type,
+        listener,
+        once,
+        capture,
+        passive,
+        weak);
       this[kEvents].set(type, root);
       return;
     }
@@ -461,7 +468,7 @@ class EventTarget {
     new Listener(previous, listener, once, capture, passive,
                  isNodeStyleListener, weak);
     root.size++;
-    this[kNewListener](root.size, type, listener, once, capture, passive);
+    this[kNewListener](root.size, type, listener, once, capture, passive, weak);
   }
 
   removeEventListener(type, listener, options = {}) {
@@ -811,7 +818,7 @@ function defineEventHandler(emitter, name) {
         if (typeof wrappedHandler.handler === 'function') {
           this[kEvents].get(name).size++;
           const size = this[kEvents].get(name).size;
-          this[kNewListener](size, name, value, false, false, false);
+          this[kNewListener](size, name, value, false, false, false, false);
         }
       } else {
         wrappedHandler = makeEventHandler(value);