diff --git a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-listeners.js b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-listeners.js
index eb1da829c95..4a08ad34c27 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-listeners.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-listeners.js
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ function listener4() {
   assert.deepStrictEqual(ee.listeners('foo'), []);
 }
 
+{
+  const ee = new events.EventEmitter();
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(ee.listeners(), []);
+}
+
 {
   class TestStream extends events.EventEmitter {}
   const s = new TestStream();