diff --git a/lib/internal/readline.js b/lib/internal/readline.js
index aad0794a682..3248c7c50ae 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline.js
@@ -384,9 +384,8 @@ function* emitKeys(stream) {
       stream.emit('keypress', escaped ? undefined : s, key);
     } else if (s.length === 1) {
       /* Single unnamed character, e.g. "." */
-      stream.emit('keypress', s);
-    } else {
-      /* Unrecognized or broken escape sequence, don't emit anything */
+      stream.emit('keypress', s, key);
     }
+    /* Unrecognized or broken escape sequence, don't emit anything */
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-keys.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-keys.js
index e026c0b583c..ef9e2eba909 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-keys.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-keys.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function addTest(sequences, expectedKeys) {
 addTest('io.JS', [
   { name: 'i', sequence: 'i' },
   { name: 'o', sequence: 'o' },
-  undefined, // emitted as `emit('keypress', '.', undefined)`
+  { name: undefined, sequence: '.' },
   { name: 'j', sequence: 'J', shift: true },
   { name: 's', sequence: 'S', shift: true },
 ]);