diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 6c4841dd5104f0..733636b5d7ae07 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const kEvents = Symbol('kEvents');
 const kIsBeingDispatched = Symbol('kIsBeingDispatched');
 const kStop = Symbol('kStop');
 const kTarget = Symbol('kTarget');
-const kHandlers = Symbol('khandlers');
+const kHandlers = Symbol('kHandlers');
 const kWeakHandler = Symbol('kWeak');
 
 const kHybridDispatch = SymbolFor('nodejs.internal.kHybridDispatch');